No Gout Relieve From Vitamin C
Patients with gout experienced no clinically significant urate-lowering effects from an 8-week course of a modest dosage of vitamin C.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Uric Acid and the Kidney – Is There a Role for Urate Lowering?
Many but not all cohort studies examining the relationship between hyperuricemia and CKD outcomes suggest they may be intertwined.
Allopurinol-Induced AEs Linked to Colchicine, Statin Use
Adverse events included skin rash, gastrointestinal problems, and allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome.
Gout Discovered in 30% of Patients with Severe CKD
Gout prevalence is higher among patients with lower average estimated glomerular filtration rates or higher levels of albuminuria
Hypertension Increases Gout Risk
The two are linked regardless of gender, race, and obesity.
Study: Cherries Lower Gout Attack Risk
An consumption over a two-year period found to decrease likelihood of a gout attack by 35%.
Study: Gout Affects 4% of Americans
Data from 5,707 participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008 show that gout now affects 4% of Americans (8.3 million individuals), and hyperuricemia, 21% (43.3 million).
Part III: Clinical Challenges and Renal Considerations in Managing Gout
A case study involving a 58-year-old man with acute gout attacks and multiple comorbidities, including hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
Part II: Clinical Challenges and Renal Considerations in Managing Gout
A case study involving a 65-year-old man with chronic kidney disease and acute attacks of pain, swelling, and erythema in the first metatarsophalangeal joint.
Renal Cysts More Common in Gout Patients
Gout patients have an increased prevalence of simple renal cysts, and these cysts are associated with a decreased likelihood of kidney stone disease, according to Brazilian investigators.
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