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You asked GoutPal about medication for gout.

The key thing to remember is that all gout medication falls into two groups:

• Pain Relief
• Urate Lowering Therapy

I have given full information about all common gout pain treatments and all common urate lowering therapies at GoutPal.com.

The most important of all medication for gout is treatment to lower uric acid. The most common, and currently most effective, urate lowering therapy is allopurinol. It is important that you study all the information about allopurinol on GoutPal.com.

When you start taking urate lowering medication, it is vital that you keep taking it every day. It does not matter if you are having a gout attack or not. Stopping the uric acid lowering treatment will not help the pain of that attack. If you stop taking it, you will increase the chances of more pain in future.

You need pain relief medication until the urate lowering therapy has done it’s job and all uric acid crystals have gone from your body. There is a wide choice available, and you should discuss different ones with your doctor. Do not put up with taking colchicine if it makes you sick. There are many alternatives, and you should be able to find one or two that suit you.

This post answers a short gout question in the gout cures section. If you need any more information about medication for gout please see my Gout Questions page.

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