My brother is suffering from Chronic tophaceous gout. His fingers, elbows and knees look swollen and bumpy and he’s only in his early 30’s. Is there any cure for this type of gout? He’s had a few surgeries but the euric acid looks like it built up again. My brother has been seing a Rheumatologist, but because there was hardly any improvements it seems he got discouraged. Do you have any suggestions? Is there a doctor you know of that totally specializes in chronic tophaceous gout? I’m concerned that if doesn’t treat this he’ll be disabled for life.

Could gout be related to heart attacks?

What is the status of “febuxostat”? It has been over a year since the NDA has been made.

When is the new drug, febuxostat going to be available in the market and is it effective and safe? Any side effects?

My husband is 42 years old our primary physician says hes the worst gout patient he has ever seen. He has chronic gout and my question is i heard there is a new drug called febuxostat that may help gout patients more so than allpurinol. Can you tell me when will this drug be on the market?

My 94 year old mother has had severe gout for about 15 years. The terminal phalanges of her hands are eroded, she has little movement in her fingers,she is riddled with tophi and has wounds on two fingers that will not heal, in spite of being on antibiotics for the last 12 months. She has very limited use of her hands. She had an allergy to allopurinol (skin rash) about 10-12 years ago so treatment has been limited to 6omg /day of colchicine The solution that is proposed is amputation above the knuckles. My question is this, is there anything less dramatic that can be done. Are there new drugs/treatments available. Or is this all hopeless?