Good morning all, i take allopurinal for arthritis, does anyone know if they are of any benefit,are they worth taking?

[christyne]

[nomoreheels]

As I understand it allopurinol is normally prescribed to ward off gout. I've never heard of it being used for RD, so unfortunately can't help. A word of caution, it's common to have skin problems on this. My brother-in-law was on it long term & had problems with an eczema type condition on his hands & feet & as I knew it's best not to use it long term & suspected it was this causing his problem I asked him to see his GP about it. He procrastinated as he feared he'd have an gout attack (think he used it as a crutch). He eventually saw his GP, came off it & hey, guess what, his skin problems have nearly gone in 2 months.

[christyne in reply to nomoreheels]

Thanks for your reply, maybe i will continue with them for a while then,no rash as yet x

[chelleD]

I take allurpurinol as i had high urate levels in my blood when i first had severe swellings n ra syptoms. So was treated for gout, Altho the drs were really baffled as i am not in any of the high risk groups for gout. I was taking colchicine too until dec but urate has been fine since then

[christyne in reply to chelleD]

I had high urate levels as well so maybe i will continue with them then.didnt want to be taking tablets just for the sake of it, thanks for your reply.x