@lilliehord

I have both gout and pseudogout. The latter was found and went undiagnosed for about two years after the gout diagnosis. A Dual Scan CT revealed pseudogout scattered throughout my pelvis and turned out to be responsible for the difficulty I was having recovering from bilateral total hip replacement--I was unable to do the PT exercises that started at the hospital on the day after surgery. I do wonder if I also had pseudogout in my hip joints. We'll never know.

I accidentally discovered that colchicine relieves both gout pain and pseudogout pain when I had my second ever gout flare in a toe. The pain in the toe decreased within hours of taking colchicine but to my surprise (and joy) my hip pain went away later in the day. I am finally making progress on the hip exercises and was able to walk three miles for the first time since 2022. (I had been limited to about a half mile.)

Unfortunately, allopurinol has not been found to lessen gout. No pseudogout cure is currently known.