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GoutPal on High Altitude Gout

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:25:03 +0000

I don't know about ACTH specifically, but corticosteroids are widely available from doctors.

They cannot be used for long periods, but they are an ideal solution for gout sufferers who just need to lose the pain for a few days, and get a chance to keep mobile.

mgmnj on High Altitude Gout

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:59:52 +0000

My very first attack of gout was after a transpacific flight to Tokyo on business. I thought I had a sprain in my foot and since I was at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, went to the hot water public baths to bath my foot....after a bit, the hot water jets on my foot "cured my sprain"

It wasn't until a few more attacks (several more on the same type of flight) that I went to my Dr. who diagnosed the gout.

He treated it with an injection of ACTH, a steroid of sorts that provided immediate relief. I don't think the drug is available any longer, but it was "magic"

GoutPal on High Altitude Gout

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:47:55 +0000

Mummy was just trying to be kind because she got her little bundle of joy after childbirth

Thomas on High Altitude Gout

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:39:45 +0000

32 year old male. Ive had Gout since I was 19. My mum has it, so the odds were never in my favour..... I am lying on the couch at the moment with it in my elbow. I have pretty much got it under control with Allopurinol but still have the odd attack (1-2 per year). I find it is brought on now when I fly. I travel a bit with work and I don't know whether it is the altitude or dehydration (even though I drink lots of water) that brings it on, but its certainly something to be aware of. My mother said the pain of Gout is worse than child birth, so I guess I know what its like to give birth (I'm sure the girls will like that). Happy gout cure hunting.