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Pain from gout is excruciating. It is incredibly painful, and you can't put pressure on it, you can't even cover it with a light sheet, you can't sleep... and i

Pain from gout is excruciating. It is incredibly painful, and you can't put pressure on it, you can't even cover it with a light sheet, you can't sleep... and it goes on for days, sometimes weeks. My longest attack was 2 months long. Standard opioids didn't touch. Should have tried MJ instead.

zzrg 10y ago
Have you tried Naproxen? Works well for me.
- X-Istence 10y ago
  Yes, it only helps partially.
TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
Do you drink much alcohol?
- X-Istence 10y ago
  Nope. Almost none.
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throw20170301 10y ago
for you or others reading -- you need to find a rheumatologist. go to urgent care if you need to, and get a recommendation. there is absolutely no reason for you to suffer for weeks on end. it's fucking awful. stop doing this to yourself. it's 2017, these problems were solved decades ago. an acute attack can be stopped with prednisone (a steroid) and toridol (a super strong nsaid) these injections are like $20 each without insurance. and long-term care with allopurinol or alternative is extremely cheap, like $10 a month without insurance. under a doctor's care the prednisone and toridol are very safe. these are extremely common, cheap, widely available drugs. when i say 'stopped', i mean it's fucking GONE within a day, and then you can be given long-term care. gout has a huge genetic component and can flare up while you're living the healthiest of healthy lifestyles. if you have it bad, it will get worse and worse and more and more frequent, until you get to absurd, comical levels of pain in both sides of your body, to the point of complete functional shutdown of your life, you are NOT going to fix this yourself, or with anything over the counter like naproxen sodium (aleve) or smoking some weed. my doctor said gout is the worst pain and debilitation you can experience short of physical trauma. the only thing that compares is the worst types of migraines. i let it get to the point where i ruined a 2-week vacation before i snapped out of it and went to see a doctor.
- mireofthedeep 10y ago
  Havent heard of those here in the Nordics (edit: cortisol being destructive it is not a good long term solution, hence avoided). Naproxen worked for me, but took days. It took me two years to realize what is the source of gout. D/RNA molecules. They are 50% purines which humans dont metabolize, just excrete (other animals can metab them). None of the "what to eat with gout guides" stated this clearly, which stymies me. Anyhow, now i know to avoid eating DNA rich stuff - go milk!
- X-Istence 10y ago
  Thank you for your comments... I am on meds and have had the prednisone shots and whatnot, still have attacks that last weeks on end. Was told by my doctors that unfortunately it comes with the territory.

zzrg 10y ago

Have you tried Naproxen? Works well for me.

X-Istence 10y ago
Yes, it only helps partially.

TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago

Do you drink much alcohol?

X-Istence 10y ago
Nope. Almost none.

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throw20170301 10y ago

for you or others reading -- you need to find a rheumatologist. go to urgent care if you need to, and get a recommendation. there is absolutely no reason for you to suffer for weeks on end. it's fucking awful. stop doing this to yourself. it's 2017, these problems were solved decades ago. an acute attack can be stopped with prednisone (a steroid) and toridol (a super strong nsaid) these injections are like $20 each without insurance. and long-term care with allopurinol or alternative is extremely cheap, like $10 a month without insurance. under a doctor's care the prednisone and toridol are very safe. these are extremely common, cheap, widely available drugs. when i say 'stopped', i mean it's fucking GONE within a day, and then you can be given long-term care. gout has a huge genetic component and can flare up while you're living the healthiest of healthy lifestyles. if you have it bad, it will get worse and worse and more and more frequent, until you get to absurd, comical levels of pain in both sides of your body, to the point of complete functional shutdown of your life, you are NOT going to fix this yourself, or with anything over the counter like naproxen sodium (aleve) or smoking some weed. my doctor said gout is the worst pain and debilitation you can experience short of physical trauma. the only thing that compares is the worst types of migraines. i let it get to the point where i ruined a 2-week vacation before i snapped out of it and went to see a doctor.

mireofthedeep 10y ago
Havent heard of those here in the Nordics (edit: cortisol being destructive it is not a good long term solution, hence avoided). Naproxen worked for me, but took days. It took me two years to realize what is the source of gout. D/RNA molecules. They are 50% purines which humans dont metabolize, just excrete (other animals can metab them). None of the "what to eat with gout guides" stated this clearly, which stymies me. Anyhow, now i know to avoid eating DNA rich stuff - go milk!
X-Istence 10y ago
Thank you for your comments... I am on meds and have had the prednisone shots and whatnot, still have attacks that last weeks on end. Was told by my doctors that unfortunately it comes with the territory.