Does taking soda for high uric acid work?

Taking soda for high uric acid does not work, soda is alkaline but the content is too low to achieve a therapeutic effect. Its treatment includes general treatment and drug treatment. 1. General treatment, limit alcohol and control high purine diet, such as animal offal, seafood, etc.; drink more water, drink more than 2000ml of water per day. 2. Drug treatment: uric acid excretion drugs, increase uric acid excretion, reduce uric acid level, such as benzbromarone. Drugs that inhibit uric acid production, by inhibiting xanthine enzyme, so that the production of uric acid is reduced, such as allopurinol, febuxostat and so on. Alkalizing medications, such as sodium bicarbonate tablets, to alkalize the urine and make it less likely to form crystals in the urine. Patients with high uric acid are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital and use medication under the guidance of a doctor.