In a 10-year propensity-matched cohort study, Irene Tan, MD, of the Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health in ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Years ago, I had gout in my toe, but I didn’t need medication other than ibuprofen. After it went away, I never had any other issues. But over the past few weeks, it has come back ...

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Sobi, which currently has a drug under FDA review as a later line of therapy for gout, is paying $950 million to acquire ...

The finding that patients with gout often harbor comorbidities that lead to contraindications to many of the available pharmacologic therapies for gout has been well described. However, the first ...

A retrospective comparison of two established gout medications suggested that patients receiving probenecid (Probalan) have a lower cardiovascular risk than peers on the standard therapy of ...

The study revealed how a second drug taken orally more than doubled the effectiveness of Pegloticase, an intravenous gout treatment used to dissolve crystalized uric acid in the joints when oral ...

A research team at the University of Virginia Hospital System found that a regularly-used medication for gout, called colchicine, helped improve the survival rates of hospitalized heart failure ...

Allopurinol, a frequently used gout medication, does not appear to drive up the risk for dying among gout patients who also struggle with chronic kidney disease, new research shows. The finding is ...

In recent years, scientists have increasingly turned their attention to older, affordable drugs to explore whether they offer benefits beyond their original purpose. Colchicine, a cheap and widely ...

A substantial percentage of adults with gout attribute their condition to lifestyle factors, which may lead to worse health outcomes and poorer SU control.

The differences between gout and pseudogout include where the pain happens and the kinds of crystals that cause it. Treatment also differs. Gout most commonly happens in the big toe. It can also ...