Two weeks and two days since starting Allopurinol

Two weeks and two days since starting Allopurinol

Hello Keith, Hope you are well ? I said I'd keep you posted on my uric acid levels so here is an up date. I started taking 100mgs of Allopurinol on the 3rd of Sept 2012 . On the 17th, a fortnight later I had a blood test for uric acid , kidney function and liver function as you advised. During the first two weeks of the commencement of Allopurinol?I encountered a flare up of gout ( 5 days in to be exact ) so I started Colchicine Immediately , one per day , which stopped it in its tracks. My uric acid level before starting Allopurinol was 448 and I am delighted to say they are now down to 290 . Yippee! I was so pleased with the result but then I was somewhat deflated when the nurse said I would need to have a liver function re test ? I didn't ask her why ? I just made an appointmet for retest on Wednesday. I just...
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Bugged By Gout

Xanthine oxidase reduction by quercetin fascinates me. Can tea, onions, apples and other foods hold the secret for natural gout cures? Lots of scientists are looking, but extracting the active ingredients is hard. This is really bugging me! But, could bugs be the answer? Quercetin is a member of the flavonoid group of compounds. These compounds occur naturally in plants, and have been shown to have properties that are beneficial to health. Quercetin has been studied in several recent investigations to assess it's ability to inhibit xanthine oxidase (XO). Both allopurinol and febuxostat work by XO inhibition. Unfortunately, the quercetin studies are largely confined to laboratory experiments with occasional animal tests. Animal tests so far have not shown success, and this appears to be down to solubility of quercetin. Just as I thought I had finished reviewing relevant research, I spotted a mention of quercetin buried deep in a study of large cabbage white caterpillars. So deep, that I cannot assess if quercetin is actually...
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