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Diclotican

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55. sorefeet

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 12:33 AM

Dec 2012

sorefeet

I know - I'm using colcisine myself(or at it is named in norwigian Kolkisin NAF) it hold the gout away - and me on the feet at least... Before that I had many years where the gout was coming back, and almost getting me over the river in pain... The only way to make it goes away, for a little while was taking enough pain killers to make a elephant sleep.. And that is not healthy at all... It makes not exactly friends with your lever and kidneys...

No, you are not nuts about using this medicine - it works at least for me - and possible for others too... And it is better to take a simple pill - and be able to walk as a normal man - rather than have this horrible attacks who make a grown man crie... It is worse than a broken arm or a foot is you ask me..

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