Allopurinol (drug)

Tart cherries in your diet can temper gout attacks

2012-11-14 19:16:00

Q: I have been battling gout for the past five weeks and was on indomethacin, ibuprofen and a low-purine diet. The attacks kept moving around from joint to joint, and the ordeal has been extremely painful. I heard that tart cherries might help, so I...

Many suffer needlessly with this extreme form of arthritis

2012-11-12 13:24:00

Gout. It is one of the oldest diseases on record — the ancients wrote about it in 5 B.C. — yet most people today know little about it. Worse, they think they have to live with it. "Seniors should know that gout should not be tolerated,"...

Several medications may cause fatal skin reaction

2011-11-09 11:40:00

Q: I read with interest your column regarding Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS). My brother was diagnosed with gout and given allopurinol. Within two weeks, he had a horrific reaction and was hospitalized in a burn unit. He developed toxic epidermal...

Jim Belushi champions gout treatment

2011-11-16 00:00:00

When Jim Belushi's big toe first swelled up 15 years ago, he attributed it to jogging and let it slide. A year later, he suffered another flare-up, and when he went for his annual checkup his doctor told him he had gout. Gout? The so-called "disease of...

Allopurinol (Zyloprim) 300mg tab

2011-11-09 11:46:02