When an acute attack of gouty arthritis caused by high uric acid occurs, the pain relief methods are as follows: 1, taking drugs: 1, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: such as indomethacin, ibuprofen, diclofenac, etc., patients can be given orally or externally to quickly relieve the pain symptoms of acute gouty arthritis; 2, colchicine: is a special drug for the treatment of acute attacks of gout, 90% of patients in the use of drugs 48 hours after the symptoms When the symptoms improve, gradually reduce the drug dose until gradually stop; 3, glucocorticoids: if patients can not use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or colchicine for treatment, you can choose glucocorticoids to treat acute attacks of gout. Second, improve life: In addition to the use of drug treatment also need to change the habits of life, such as in the acute attack of gout need to limit or try not to eat high purine food, such as animal offal, seafood, etc., at the same time should avoid drinking beer. It is recommended to drink more than 2000ml of water daily to promote uric acid excretion, and to avoid using drugs that affect uric acid excretion, such as thiazide diuretics. Usually, uric acid-lowering treatment can be started after 2 weeks of relief of acute gout attack symptoms. There are three types of drugs used clinically to lower uric acid, namely, drugs that promote uric acid excretion such as benzbromarone, drugs that inhibit uric acid production such as allopurinol, and alkaline drugs such as sodium bicarbonate, all of which can alkalize urine and reduce the formation of crystals of uric acid salts in urine.