Uloric side effects?

[coachsuze1959]

I was recently diagnosed with gout and given Uloric.? My doctor said the first 2 weeks might be uncomfortable as the uric acid was going to increase as the medicine entered my system. I tried 2 weeks and had a lot of side-affects.? She then told me to try every 3 days, then every 2 and again daily.? I had more issues.? Did anyone else have these issues:? headache, weakness, muscle numbness, extreme fatigue, light headed, tingling, heat sensation in back area, and areas of adipose tissue accumilation.? I was needed a 3 hour nap every day to function and I had barely enough strength to get through the day.? I finally stopped and went off completely.? I am looking at other things.? I just wondered if this was personal reaction or if other people had similar reactions.

[hansinnm]

coachsuze1959 said:

…? I just wondered if this was personal reaction or if other people had similar reactions.

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I have been on Uloric for 12 months now. July 2010-Dec. 2010 on U. 40mg and Dec 2010-July 2011 on U. 80mg. I, never once, had any of the reactions you described. But, that is I , not you. Do not rely on reactions of someone else to any kind of medication, please.

Sue, I have some questions that need answering:

1. Did your doctor get a blood test done?

2. What is your blood uric acid level?

3. Why did your doctor prescribe that expensive Uloric ($5/pill) instead of Allopurinol (pennies/pill)?

4. What strength of Uloric did she prescribe?

5. Why did your doctor put you on that intermittent schedule? (By the way, that was insane. No doctor, I mean REAL doctor, would do that. You better get yourself another doctor, preferably a rheumatologist.)

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