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Sorry in re-reading my post I realize that I misspoke. What I meant to say was I've been on a lower dose of the Colchine for a while and I am taking Allpourinol as well, but this first flare up won't seem to go away despite all the medication I’m on. I've been on the Allpourinol now for about 6 weeks but I gradually increased my dose for the first 4 weeks until I got up to 400 mg, which is the dose I have been taking now for 3 solid weeks. My doc wants me off of the Colchine completely but I have been in pain so I have been taking Colchine when the pain gets bad. I've read that Allpurinol can actually cause gout to get worse at first so I figure taking the Colchine sometimes can't be that bad.
Thank you for your responses and suggestions. I did have my UA levels tested the first time I went to the doctor with my toe pain and they came back at “normal” levels (whatever that means). My doc told me that UA levels don't always correlate to gout, but this seems to be contradictory to everything I have read on this and other websites. I think my best bet is to get a referred to a specialist because my doctor doesn't seem to know what to do with me. The only thing she told me when she suspected I might have gout was to “go read about gout.” I was offered no explanation really of anything. She didn't tell me foods to avoid, lifestyle changes to make, nothing. I've just been kind of winging it and trying to figure all this out which is part of why I've been discouraged with this first gout attack lasting for nearly 3 months now.
Again thanks everyone for reading and responding. Sorry again for that confusing first post. Hopefully this one makes a bit more sense!
