[BazC]

Thanks Trev, yup I'll be sure to post my progress.

[BazC]

Just thought I'd post an update, I've been on 100mg Allopurinol for 2 months and I've just had my first blood test and I'm down to 7.4mg/dl from 10.3mg/dl! 🙂

[BazC]

zip2play said:

Allopurinol disappears quickly but oxidozes to an effective metabolite, oxypurinol. every bit as effective and oxypurinol has a very long half life. You can skip alopurinol for several days and still be pretty well protected.

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Thanks for that reassurance! I was really quite worried about that possibility, good to know I shouldn't be too concerned.

Regarding dosage I'm sure you're right, it was the impression I got when reading through various threads on here that 100mgs wasn't going to help and could even make things worse. Still it's my GP that writes the prescriptions! I'll talk to him and see what he says though.

[BazC]

Thanks for the advice Odo, interesting that you recommend a SUA tester, I was thinking about getting one myself.

[BazC]

That's encouraging Toofast! No no other prescriptions at the moment but presumably he'll prescribe something if it flares up. Actually that's not true, I do have Diclofenac which I've used to ease very mild attacks but I doubt that will help with a serious bout.

[BazC]

Thanks Trev, looks like I have to bite the bullet and take the Allopurinol. My concern now is that he's put me on 100mg for 2months then a blood test and adjust the dosage. From what I've read a low dosage like that for 2 months is just likely to aggravate the condition?

[BazC]

Hi Trev, thanks for your help. I just picked up my test results from the doc Serum Urate Level is 0.61mmol/L against a normal range of 0.13 to 0.45 – pretty high 🙁

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