Gout Medication Review Gout Please complete this form to review your Gout and its medication. We will be in touch depending on your answers. The form is made up of three parts: Things you can do to prevent gout attacks Medication to treat your Gout attack Medication to prevent you getting Gout attacks Your Details Patient Name * Date of Birth * Who is your GP? * Mobile number to contact you * Preventing Gout Gout is mainly caused by a rich diet and a poor lifestyle. In some cases there is a strong genetic cause but there’s nothing we can do about that yet! Every time you get a gout attack it causes small but irreversible damage to that joint. Doing the following can help reduce the number and severity of Gout attacks that you suffer from: Weight loss Regular Exercise Reducing the amount of Purines you eat in your food Reducing the Alcohol you drink The UK Gout society provides the best information summary we are aware of and we insist that you read and understand it. Please confirm you have read the above * I have considered the above Gout preventative advice Medication for Gout Attacks The best medication for a Gout attack is one of either: an Anti-inflammatory (eg. Ibuprofen, Aspirin, Naproxen or Diclofenac) Colchicine Prednisolone You should always have one of these medicines at home with you so you can start them right away in case you have a gout attack. It should be on your repeat prescription to allow you to order them. You can take paracetamol or Co-codamol as well as the above for the pain. Are you happy with your Gout attack treatment? * I am happy with my current Gout attack treatment Please ADD a Gout attack medication to my repeat prescription and issue me one prescription I do not think my current Gout attack medication is effective and I would like to DISCUSS changing it Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Attack risk Unfortunately people who have gout are at a small increased risk of high blood pressure and heart attacks. It is therefore important that you have your blood pressure checked every year. Please book with our nurse for a blood pressure check every year or submit your own reading below and we will be in touch if it is high. BP (high number) BP (Low Number) Medication to Prevent Gout If you are getting more than 1 gout attack per year we would recommend you take a daily preventative tablet called Allopurinol or Febuxostat. When taking a daily preventative tablet you should take your Gout attack medication as normal (eg ibuprofen) when you get a Gout attack. Preventative tablets * I AM currently taking Allopurinol or Febuxostat I am NOT currently taking a preventative tablet What would you like to do? * I would like to CONTINUE my preventative tablet. Please INCREASE the dose of my preventative tablet. I am getting more than 1 gout attack per year. I am getting side effects and would like to DISCUSS CHANGING my preventative tablet. I would like to REDUCE or STOP my preventative tablet. I haven’t had a gout attack in years. Would you like to start a preventative tablet? * No thanks I would like to DISCUSS STARTING a preventative tablet as I have more than 1 gout attack per year This form collects your name, date of birth, email, other personal information and medical details. This is to confirm you are registered with the practice, to allow the practice team to contact you and also to update your medical records held by the practice and our partners in the NHS. Please read our privacy policy to discover how we protect and manage your submitted data. Consent * I agree to the privacy policy © 2023 Kristian Turnbull CAPTCHA Submit If you are human, leave this field blank.
