The goals of therapy in gout include not simply active and rapid treatment of acute gout flares but also prevention of acute gout attacks, whose major precipitating factors are listed in Table 9-1.

The American College of Rheumatology developed guidelines for the management of gout, including use of urate-lowering therapy, flare treatment, and lifestyle and medication recommendations.

The treatment you get for gout can depend on the frequency and severity of your flares. If you’re seeing a healthcare provider during a gout flare, they may recommend using medications to reduce ...

Dr. Neogi has served as a core expert panel leader for the American College of Rheumatology Gout Treatment Guidelines and has disclosed no other relevant financial relationships. N Engl J Med ...

Clinical practice guidelines for gout disagree on when urate lowering therapy should begin and how long it should last, as well as on the use of vitamin C, pegloticase, fenofibrate and losartan ...

Study authors evaluated patient perspectives to inform the voting process for the 2020 American College of Rheumatology gout treatment guideline. Patient perspectives are important and were found ...

Gout is one of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, affecting nearly 4% of adult Americans. Newly approved guidelines that educate patients in effective methods to prevent gout attacks ...

Gout is one of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, affecting nearly 4% of adult Americans. Newly approved guidelines that educate patients in effective methods to prevent gout attacks ...

Febuxostat treats high urate in the blood of patients with gout. "Current clinical practice guidelines do not recommend routine use of urate-lowering therapy for people after the first gout flare.