Any suggestions for treating gout?

[Warpy]

4. Then I don't know what else to tell you

except some of the clinical trials are at http://www.healthguideinfo.com/arthritis-surgery-treatments/p65823/

You might try the allopurinol again for a week or so, just to see if it will cool this flare off a little before you start noticing the nasty side effects. There is a newer drug that lowers the body's production of uric acid. The drug is still on patent and probably expensive, but ask the doc, anyway. You might be able to tolerate it better than allopurinol, the patent name is Uloric.

The only other thing I can suggest is a short course of steroids, something to discuss with your doctor. They can be by pill or a shot and work well with colchicine.

I don't know if you have the G6PD deficiency. If you don't, maybe pegloticase would be an option. It's on patent and usually given by infusion every 2 weeks, so it would cost a fortune. The good thing is that it bypasses your GI system. It's used for gout that doesn't respond to the gold standard of allopurinol and colchicine.

My mother had gout but was lucky enough to control it by diet and NSAIDS.