Taking vitamin C for gout does not lower uric acid.
Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid, taking vitamin C tablets can supplement the body’s lack of vitamin C, the treatment of scurvy, chronic iron poisoning, idiopathic methemoglobinemia and other diseases, but vitamin C for gout patients and can not play a role in lowering the concentration of blood uric acid, gout patients may be taken to lower uric acid effect of drugs to control the level of uric acid in the body.
Common uric acid-lowering drugs include febuxostat, allopurinol and benzbromarone, etc. These drugs can inhibit the production of uric acid or promote the excretion of uric acid to play a role in lowering the concentration of uric acid in the blood, but the need to clarify the indications and contraindications of the drug before taking the drug, such as the emergence of maladaptation after the drug and stop the drug promptly and consult a doctor.
Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, it is recommended that gout patients to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor standardized diagnosis and treatment.