Blood Pressure Drugs and Uric Acid
Blood pressure drugs and uric acid: which raise it, which lower it, and why losartan is different. A reference table to take to your prescriber.
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Probiotics for Gout: What the Gut Research Shows
Probiotics for gout: the gut does help clear uric acid, and gout patients have different gut bacteria, but trials showing they prevent attacks are lacking.
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Keto and Gout: Flare Risk Explained
Keto and gout: ketones compete with urate for kidney excretion, so levels usually rise first and fall later. How to handle the gap.
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Epsom Salt for Gout: Do They Work?
Epsom salt soaks for gout do not lower uric acid — magnesium barely crosses skin. Why a hot soak can worsen a flare, plus the diabetic foot warning.
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Honey and Gout: Is It Safe? What the Evidence Says
Honey and gout: honey is mostly sugar, fructose is its largest share, and fructose raises uric acid. Is it better than sugar, and what to use instead.
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Working With Gout: A Practical Guide
Working with gout: what a flare costs in days, footwear on shift, telling an employer, driving with a bad right foot, and adjustments that help.
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Gout Drugs When Kidneys Are Impaired
Gout drugs in kidney disease: why NSAIDs, colchicine and probenecid get harder, how allopurinol is titrated, and why under-treatment is the real risk.
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Gout in Women: What Changes After 50
Gout in women is largely post-menopausal: why oestrogen protected you, how it presents in the hands, and why it is so often diagnosed late.
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Essential Oils for Gout: What They Can and Can’t Do
Essential oils for gout: no trials show they treat gout, they never replace medicine and must not be swallowed. Skin, pregnancy, pet safety.
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Mediterranean Diet and Gout
Does the Mediterranean diet lower uric acid? What the adherence studies show, how it compares with DASH, and the wine problem.
