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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 2616660" data-attributes="member: 6467">Updating to say that a recent blood test has confirmed high levels of uric acid so I am now on the dreaded Allopurinol, initially 100 mg minimum dose and monthly blood tests as they titrate dosage against acid levels.One thing in the warnings is that initially the change in uric acid levels can mobilise uric acid crystals and cause flare ups of gout.I seem to be having one at the moment in my right knee, which is not somewhere I tend to have attacks.I wonder how long it will take to clear?</blockquote>

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