Metspitzer wrote:

> I have been prescribed Allopurinol for gout. Since I have had a liver
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> transplant, I only take 200mg of Allopurinol where, I am told, 300mg
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> is the standard amount. Anyway I am also prescribed Colcry to take
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> when the gout pain comes on. I am supposed to stop the Allopurinol
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> and take the Colcry. The instructions on the bottle say to take 1 and
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> then another one every hour (up to 5) until the pain is relieved. I
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> tried that last time I had a flare up and spend day and night in the
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> bathroom.
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> The doctor warned that the Colcry makes you go to the bathroom, but
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> what I am wondering is that is the going to the bathroom a side effect
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> of the meds or is that going to the bathroom what stops the gout pain.


The colchicine has the side effect of making one go to the bathroom...

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Greg