How to lower high uric acid in gout

If elevated uric acid triggers acute gout, usually in the acute phase is not recommended for uric acid lowering treatment, but in the acute gout remission 2 weeks, and then start adding small doses of uric acid lowering drugs. At present, the clinical uric acid lowering drugs, common as follows: 1, promote uric acid excretion drugs: clinically commonly used benzbromarone; 2, inhibit uric acid production drugs: commonly used in the treatment of allopurinol; 3, alkaline drugs: such as sodium bicarbonate, alkalizing the urine, so that uric acid is not easy to form crystals in the urine. If the patient acute gout attack, should immediately suspend the consumption of high-purine food, at the same time, drink more than 2000 ml of water per day, suspend the use of easy to cause uric acid excretion obstacles of drugs, such as thiazide diuretics. In addition, the treatment of acute gouty arthritis commonly used drugs, including the following aspects: 1, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: such as commonly used ibuprofen, indomethacin, diclofenac, etc., can quickly alleviate the symptoms of arthropathy and pain; 2, colchicine: belongs to the treatment of gouty arthritis of the special effect of the drug, more than 90% of the patients use the drug 48 hours after the symptom will be alleviated, when symptoms are alleviated, can gradually reduce the amount of medicine until the drug is discontinued; 3, the drug can be reduced. Glucocorticosteroids: If patients can not use NSAIDs or colchicine, glucocorticosteroids can be used for treatment.