Surprised by the perscription
I am surprised that he did not perscribe a non steroidial anti
inflamitory (NSAID) medication. There are several over the counter
such as motrin or naprocyn. None of the over the counter drugs
worked for me. I limped around for the first three weeks with mine,
until, on the advise of my mother and her rhumatologist, I got my
doctor to perscribe Celebrex. Colchicine and celebrex worked for me
but it didn't completely clear up till I learned what did and did not
irritate my gout. If you are taking enough colchicine to make you go
to the bathroom, that should be enough to start to releive the
symptoms but not if you continue to pour uric acid on your gout fire,
so to speak. You may also be sensitive or allergic to it so that may
be causing you a problem without relieving the gout.
I'll give you my recommendation in another post as I am being
summoned to the dinner table right now.