Systemic inhibition of interleukin (IL)-1 with rilonacept (IL-1 Trap) could be an effective therapy for the pain and inflammation associated with acute gout. As demonstrated in a novel mouse model ...

The European Commission has approved Novartis’ Ilaris for the treatment of patients with acute gouty arthritis who suffer frequent attacks, and whose symptoms cannot or should not be managed ...

Could interleukin-1 antagonists be the answer to managing acute gout? Guidelines for the management of this disorder, issued by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the British ...

According to the NHS the main symptoms of gout are sudden severe pain in a joint – usually your big toe, but it can be in other joints in your feet, ankles, hands, wrists, elbows or knees. Sufferers ...

However, high levels of uric acid are found in the blood. The second phase, acute gouty arthritis, is where you start to ...

A 5-day course of oral prednisolone is a reasonable alternative to NSAIDs for treating patients with acute gouty arthritis. In a recent study of patients with acute gout, oral prednisolone was as ...

It's very common after surgical procedures, not necessarily on the foot or toe, but any surgical procedure that you can develop an acute gout attack. One of the primary recommendations for initial ...

Doctor Edward Dwyer knows gout when he sees it ... to be discussed with the patient is do we just want to treat the acute attacks or do you want to take a medication to reduce your level of ...

Date and FDA Advisory Committee. June 3, 2004 meeting of the Arthritis Advisory Committee. Subject. Clinical trial design and endpoints for drugs for acute gout, including a review of NDA 21-389 ...

A research team led by Christian Hertweck at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany, have identified compounds in mushrooms which they say are capable ...

Gout pain, part of an "acute attack" as described by the American ... 8.3 million adults are living with gout, according to Arthritis by the Numbers, a book of facts and figures from the Arthritis ...