antigout/diarrhea

BACKGROUND The Chuanhu anti-gout mixture has been used for many years in the treatment of gout in Chinese Traditional Medicine, and current methods for treatments for acute gouty arthritis have been either less effective or have had serious side effects. METHODS In this 12-week, double-blind,

OBJECTIVE To evaluate metformin efficacy and safety in patients with gout and insulin resistance (IR). METHODS The trial included 26 patients with gout (criteria of the American collage of rheumatologists) and IR (index HOMA). The inclusion criteria were the following: absence of antigout therapy,