Hi everyone,
I am also new to this group and looking for some advice. I am a 49 year old male and I have been suffering from joint pains for some time now (over 15 years). During this time I have been living in a variety on countries (my punishment for being an engineer) and have seen many different doctors. I have recieved mixed messages from the doctors.
The pain started initialy in my feet, usually the bridge or ocassionaly big toe or ankle. Usually only one at a time but ocassionaly both. Doctors prescribed Diclofenic for this and in general this seemed to keep it under control when I had attacks.
Over the years this got worse and worse and eventually I started getting it in knees and hips as well, and more frequently. About 6 months ago I eventually saw a specialist here in Canada and he aspirated some fluid from my knee and a lab result confirmed that it was indeed uric acid causing the problem. I was prescribed Allopurinol (300 mg per day) and Colchesine 0.6mg per day. The rub of it is that six months later, although my uric acid levels now seem to be normal, I am still in almost constant pain, mainly in the soft tissue below my knees, but also in my feet. I feel constantly like am 90 years old. When I get a bad attack I also feel very nausious and have flue like symtoms. This doesnt sound normal to me, and there doesnt seem to be too much point taking the allopurinol and colchesine (at least diclofenic generaly helped the symptoms). Has anyone else had the same results? Could it be something else that the high uric acid is masking? Xrays show no noticable bone damage.
Don
Hi Don,