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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Why Does Prednisone Make You Retain Water

Health Encyclopedia: Gout Medications

Lifestyle Changes


Any activities that increase energy demands also increase metabolism or purines that produce uric acid. Avoiding stress and staying healthy are important for preventing attacks.

Dietary Recommendations

Because uric acid levels are only mildly affected by diet, dietary therapy does not play a large role in the prevention of gout. Still, people who have had an attack of gout may benefit from reducing their intake of purine-rich foods, particularly if they eat unusually large quantit...

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Expert & Community Posts

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What Is It Like to Take Oral Prednisone?
By Merely Me , Health Expert

I was recently prescribed oral Prednisone to deal with an MS exacerbation and I wanted to tell you... Read more »

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In the Beginning...
By Cathee McKeown , Health Expert

...of medications had only just begun. I began with prednisone (which I like to refer to as the... Read more »

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Meet Cathee Mckeown
...imaginable. I have tried almost every medication that is available. I started with gold shots, plaquinil and prednisone with little relief but plenty of side effects. I gained 40 pounds from the... Read more »
Scleroderma: Treatment for Skin Thickening
...be even more effective than penicillamine.Corticosteroids taken by mouth, such as prednisolone and prednisone, are also often employed. Read more »
Gout: Diagnosis
...NSAIDs or colchicine and who have gout in more than one joint. Corticosteroids include triamcinolone and prednisone. Corticotropin (ACTH), a drug that converts to a steroid, is effective and safe,... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Highlights
...relief.Prevention. The high blood pressure medication verapamil (Calan) and corticosteroid drugs such as prednisone are the medications most commonly used to prevent cluster headaches. Read more »
Hodgkin's Disease: Other Treatments
...MOPP-ABV. The introduction of MOPP [mechlorethamine (Mustargen), vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine, prednisone] in the 1960s resulted in dramatic reductions in mortality rates from HD. A hybrid... Read more »

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