Gout Pal Interactive

“Do not use aspirin with gout” has been the cry for decades.
Scientists have said low dose aspirin can help heart disease and stroke, but not treat gout because it raises uric acid.

Many believed that high dosage aspirin could help reduce pain and swelling in gout, but low dosage made it worse. A new study has shown that low dosage aspirin has no effect on uric acid levels, so it should be OK to treat gout. Low-Dose Aspirin Use and Serum Urate Levels: A Population Based Propensity Analysis studied nearly 2000 subjects. It concludes that “Low-dose aspirin use was not associated with increase of serum urate levels”

2008 Update

I’ve changed the link for this report to my recent review. It appears that the jury is still well and truly out on the subject of low-dosage aspirin and uric acid.

If you take low dose aspirin, and you have gout, or if you are at risk of gout, please see a doctor as soon as you can to discuss your best options.

Do you take aspirin, or have you been told to avoid aspirin because of gout? Please share your views and experiences in the GoutPal Forum.

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