Can you take aspirin for gout?

Gout patients can take aspirin, but if they take aspirin during the acute phase of gout, they may have to take a relatively large dose, and taking aspirin in small doses is not able to achieve the purpose of anti-inflammation and pain relief. Because the main role of taking aspirin in small doses is to fight platelet aggregation, it may be difficult for gout patients to achieve the purpose of anti-inflammation and pain relief if they simply take aspirin in general doses. Generally speaking, the most commonly chosen drugs for gout during acute attacks are loxoprofen sodium, meloxicam, etoricoxib tablets, celecoxib and diclofenac sodium, which are the most commonly chosen non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs for gout during acute attacks. In addition to NSAIDs, colchicine and glucocorticoids can also be chosen.