Aspirin tylenol etc
Don’t take aspirin based products for gout. The acid base in aspirin seemsto link with the uric acid and compound your pain and problems from jointimpaction.
Take any non-aspirin based NSAIDs as a viable alternative.
These don’t do quite as good a job of pain relief as Indo does, but they area little kinder and gentler to your system.
Todd Forbs on September 18th, 2007
Aspirin acidifies your urine, which increases the risk of a stone
Chanelle Donayre on September 19th, 2007
Thanks for the tip. I just filled a script for Pro-Cid, this was prescribed by a new doctor to prevent gout.I noticed the small print warns it contains Aspirin. I thought this was a little strange, I won’t be taking any more. She also prescribed Celebrex for pain relief and they worked well.
Todd Forbs on September 21st, 2007
Celebrex is the new one I tried that didn’t seem to help. Nothinglike indomethacin anyway.
The new ones are supposed to have less risk of GI ulcer, but thejury’s not in, it seems:
http://www.healthsentinel.com/NSAIDs/Warnings.htm
Go back up one link from the above to get the data on NSAIDs
Todd Forbs on September 23rd, 2007
Actually aspirin, as salicylic acid, affects the excretion of uricacidin the kidneys in two ways. At low doses (4-6 tablets/day), itdecreases uric acid excretion - the basis for saying it worsens agout attack I guess - while at high doses it is uricosuric(increases excretion of uric acid), but the latter effect isn’tusefulfor therapy because of the high and frequent doses required.(Emmerson, Getting Rid of Gout)