Gout Pal Interactive

In my article on better gouty arthritis treatment I focus on the new rheumatologists guidelines for acute gout management.

The second guideline states:

Fast-acting oral NSAIDs at maximum doses are the drugs of choice when there are no contraindications (A).

Which I have paraphrased for gout patients as:

Maximum doses of fast-acting oral NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) are the best if you can tolerate them(A)

I agree with this, though I was initially given ibuprofen interspersed with paracetamol, and that also did the trick. Other guidelines also talk about supporting or replacing NSAIDs with other drugs. This again emphasizes the weakness of the guidelines as a comprehensive procedure for advising patients about gout pain management, though this might be addressed in the full guidelines (my article is based on an executive summary).

What was your first advice for choice of gout pain relief? Did you use NSAIDs? Did you take them, or did they give you problems? Please share your experience here, or ask a question if you don’t understand what I’ve said.

The guidelines mught make more sense if you study my Acute Gout Management diagram.