Gout causes extreme pain in those affected. It is caused by crystals of uric acid settling in the joints. Its treatment is a pharmaceutical success story. Nowadays, medicines treat it so effectively that patients can have an undisturbed quality of life.
Disease: Gout
Last update: July 2009
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FAQ: What can be done about it?
Special diets can help reduce the production of uric acid. Treating gout is one of the great successes of the pharmaceutical industry. Medicines have been developed which can abort acute attacks, prevent future attacks and reduce, long-term, the amount of uric acid in the blood. Correctly treated, patients with gout will have an undisturbed quality of life and normal life expectancy.