Gouty arthritis can be treated with medication to relieve pain, while focusing on the treatment between attacks to avoid another acute attack.
1. medication, acute attacks can be oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac sodium, colchicine, urocorticosterone such as prednisone treatment, these three types of drugs are the first line of medication, can be effective in relieving pain, if an acute attack can not be used to lower the blood uric acid treatment, to avoid fluctuations in the level of uric acid aggravates joint pain.
2. Interictal treatment, for gouty arthritis attack >2 times/year, gout stone patients, should actively lower uric acid treatment, the uric acid control in <360umol / L and keep lifelong. Allopurinol, febuxostat, benzbromarone and other drugs can be used as prescribed by the doctor.
In addition to the above treatment, should actively treat the underlying diseases, such as hypertension, high blood pressure, high blood fat, obesity, etc., limit alcohol, eat less animal offal, seafood and other high purine-containing food, drink more water.
Gouty arthritis patients are recommended to go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment. Drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice, do not self-medication.