I have been on allopurinol for 15+ years and it appears to work. I say appears as my uric acid is low but for the last 5 years or so, I have been in pain on a daily basis. It is very weird as the pain happens in 2 different ways (pain in little toe that feels like it's broken and pain in all...
I have had gout about 15 years and had two big attacks. The second one was after I stopped allopurinol for about 1.5 years, so be warned.
I take 300mg of allopurinol and used to have declofenac but that is iffy on the heart, so switched to naproxen but that is iffy on the stomach. So I don't...
I have had it for well over 15 years, with two bad bouts. The second one was where after 5 years of being on allopurinol, I thought I was cured! I didn't take any for two years but it inevitably came back. I will never stop it again.
I haven't really found a trigger except dehydration, so I...