i'd pout if i had gout Flashcards
Gout
- a form of inflammatory arthritis
- deposition of uric acid crystals in joints
- Purines (adenie and guanine from diet and tissue breakdown) → metabolized into uric acid → uric acid >6.7 → precipitates into crystals in joints → immune response triggered
- Excess serum uric acid can calso be caused by overproduction of urate or underexcretion of urate
diseases that promote hyperuricemia
- Insulinse resistence (DM)
- HLD
- Obesity
- REnal insufficiency CKD
- HTN
- Organ translplant
- CHF
hyperuricemic foods
- Meat
- Seafood
- Beer and liquor
- Soft drinks
- Fructose
ead to increased uric acid levels in the body
Uricosuric foods
- Coffee
- Low-fat dairy
- VitC - don’t recommend though
help clear uric acid from body
Hyperuricemic meds
- TZDs
- Loop diuretics
- nicotoninc acid
- Asa <1g / day
Uricosuric meds
- Losartan
- Fenofibrate: but like don’t go around recommending fenofibrate
Gout flare
- rapdi onset (<24hrs) of severe pain, erythema and swelling in a single or multiple koints
- can be precipitated by
- EtOH ingestion
- high purine ingestion
- stress
- meds - including UA lowering ageents
Podagra
big toe joint ← most common joint to be involved in gout
Interval gout
asymptomatic between attacks
Tophaceous gout
- deposits of mass of crystals in soft tissues, joints, cartilate, or bone
- Can cause soft tissue damage, deformity, joint destruction, and nerve compression syndromes (carpal tonnels)
atypical gout
polyarthritis affecting any joing, may be confused with RA or OA
gouty neprhopathy
kidney stones
goa of therapy for acute gout
reduce pain and reduce duration of attack ← treat with anti-inflammatory med
NSAID dosing in gout
- Start medication <24hrs from onset of attack
- Resolution of symptoms within 5-8 days, tho may be longer and can take NSAIDs for longer PRN
What population to avoid NSAIDs in
Not necessarily hard CI
- Rena insuffiiency/failure
- Bleeding disorders or anticoagulated pts
- PUD
- CHF
- > 75 y/o
colchicine standard actue dosing
1.2 mg (2T) PO to start and then 0.6 (1T) again 1hr later the can start ppx dosing in 12 hrs
canNOT use for acute if used for flare in last 14 days
Do not use for flare at all if CYP3a4i or pgpi
colchicine standard chronic dosing
0.6mg PO QD or BID
When to dose adjust colchicine
- renal/hepatic impairment
- CrCl < 30
- CYP3A4 and PGP inhibitor DDI
- CI though if DDI + renal/hepatic impairment