A 5-day course of oral prednisolone is a reasonable alternative to NSAIDs for treating patients with acute gouty arthritis. In a recent study of patients with acute gout, oral prednisolone was as ...

It's very common after surgical procedures, not necessarily on the foot or toe, but any surgical procedure that you can develop an acute gout attack. One of the primary recommendations for initial ...

Credit: Dr Salahuddin Kazi, MD, comments on the challenges of diagnosing seronegative rheumatic diseases and discusses a ...

“The gout symptoms such as acute swelling/pain and erythema [redness] are typically much more severe,” says Dr. Seligman.

Gout typically occurs in bouts or attacks, before settling with treatment and becoming dormant. But it can reoccur, requiring more acute treatment. A diagnosis of gout is based around the classic ...

With proper treatment, most people with gout are able to control their symptoms. The most common treatments for an acute attack of gout are nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs ...

Doctor Edward Dwyer knows gout when he sees it ... to be discussed with the patient is do we just want to treat the acute attacks or do you want to take a medication to reduce your level of ...

Systemic inhibition of interleukin (IL)-1 with rilonacept (IL-1 Trap) could be an effective therapy for the pain and inflammation associated with acute gout. As demonstrated in a novel mouse model ...

Pegloticase therapy for uncontrolled gout does not appear to significantly increase the risk for cardiovascular (CV) or thromboembolic (TE) events, despite the potential for increased gout flares ...

Could interleukin-1 antagonists be the answer to managing acute gout? Guidelines for the management of this disorder, issued by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the British ...