Injected Drug May Be New Weapon Against Gout by Comp Ortho | Oct 2, 2018 | Wellness A new approach to preventing gout attacks looks promising for people not already helped by existing treatments. Researchers are looking at an anti-inflammatory drug called canakinumab (Ilaris) to treat this painful form of arthritis. Instead of targeting excessively high uric acid levels as […]
Does eating probiotics make gout worse? I am not sure and have to do more research. Some interesting points in the below article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994919/ A study performed 45 years ago demonstrated that feeding yeast to healthy young individuals elevated serum uric acid, Saccharomyces boulardii, or S. boulardii, is one type of probiotic out there. But there’s
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A dear friend has a new gout attack so am looking up the latest in prevention and treatment. Key points: 1. Gout is an inflammatory arthritis due to deposition of monosodium urate crystals. 2. It is associated with hyperuricemia: aserum urate level of 6.8mg per decilitre (404micromol per liter) or more 3. Approximate US prevalence: estimated
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