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jasper65
October 13, 2012 at 5:11 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I am taking Atenelol and perindopril for my heart and BP…. I was diagnosed in Feb with gout after suffering with it for 5 years or more….I will give you some good advice :-
1) If you think it maybe gout ..tell your doctor you want to see a rheumatologist…I kept going to doctors about the fact that i had a inflamed knee/ankle for4 days and i couldnt physically move to get in to see him…Reply..oh well its gone now..take these painkillers if it happens again….5 years…..5 YEARS and one cortisone shot in the knee..i get an appointment ..Best thing ever
2) Had gout test….rheumy amazed that i had NEVER had a uric acid test !!!! Put onto 100mg Allo…then 300mg..then took it on myself to goto 600mg..doctor double prescribed so i took the bloody LOT !! Had uric test/liver test now down to 0.31mm…perfect..Told doc abut hitting the 600…ooh ..quick look in the book..oh max is 800mg so shall we put you on 500mg…NO !! I WANT TO BE ON 600mg..got it throu
3) From not being able to walk downstairs unaided ( ankles/knees) i am now walking downstairs….My knee hardly bent at all before…now its much better although still not perfect…but it will come. Walked my dogs in pain ( some days couldnt walk at all)..last week walked for 2 hrs in wellington boots with my dogs !! Worried about parking to goto the shos in case it was too far….now dont worry at all.
4) I have had flares during this time..but i know its crystals dissolving.
5) Get on the Allo ASAP …you can do it with BP pills that i am on…and wait for the results to come over the next few months…i am living a life again !!!
Good Luck