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Gout meds to lower uric acid and chronic kidney disease

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Oct 31, 2023 | Replies (41)
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@gladiator14

I wish you the best at Mayo. I don't make the trip back until the fall. I also have a multitude of issues that have arisen in the last few years. I have OBD. This is what a good friend of mine calls it. Old B**tards Disease. I can't find anything in the literature but I guess it fits some of us old guys. I have been fortunate that when I started to restrict my protein intake my Uric Acid levels fell and my gout issues declined as well. But I still do my protocol just in case. I wish you answers to your issues.

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Apr 30, 2023

Better late than never. I was away for quite a while, because I was asked to come out of retirement, which I did. Now I am re-retired, unless I get drafted again. That's why I had scarce time to contact you and the discussion groups.
Your advice about tart cherry juice concentrate was better than the rheumatologist's, whom I no longer treat with. I've been buying it through Amazon, using 3 tablespoons in an extra-large glass of water every morning along with 100 mg allopurinol. My PCP heartily agrees with using it as a permanent supplement to the allopurinol. Uric acid reduced from a high of 10.2 to a recorded low of 6.1. No gout attacks, only 1 major flare, and only minor temporary flares in the 8 months on this regimen.
Thank you.

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