What my doctor told me today!
I went to the doctor today and he told me not to take "allopurinol"
during an episode of pain from my Gout. To only drink a lot of water
and take pain medicine. I have read on this site that you should
start or continue taking it during a painful episode. So has other
doctors told you all to take it during an episode?
I went off of my allopurinol and changed my diet and my uric acid
went down to 6.2. I stopped eating meat, shell fish, spinach,
cauliflower, and mushrooms. So when my doctor and I were talking
about me stopping allopurinol he said do not start taking it if you
have a painful episode wait until it is over.