Gout Treatment: Medicine

Colchicine is given during a gout attack to relieve the pain, swelling, and inflammation. It works by decreasing the acidity of joint tissue and preventing deposits of uric acid crystals in joints....

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Corticosteroids can control the pain, swelling, and inflammation of joints caused by gout. The medicine can be given as a tablet or in liquid form or by injection into a joint—or in severe cases, by...

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Common name: Zyloprim

Allopurinol is sometimes given to people who suffer repeated gout attacks, especially when tophi deposits, collections of uric acid crystals, develop. This medicine slows...

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Common name: Febuxostat

This is the first new treatment for gout in more than 40 years. In clinical trials, uloric was more effective than allopurinol in lowering uric acid levels.

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Common name: Benemid

Probenecid is sometimes given to patients who suffer repeated gout attacks (especially when tophi deposits develop). This medicine forces the kidneys to excrete additional uric...

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