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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
So it may take some experimentation to get the mix right, but from what i know of gout it used to make me dear old dad cry...he would always take the maximum dose before bed......a bad nights sleep means the following day is likely to be rubbish......pain during the daytime is a different creature, and you may get away with the ibuprofen and just one paracetamol, but if you don't you know that next time you need to take two with your dose of ibuprofen.
When taking Ibuprofen it is important to make sure you have had something to eat, it can cause irritation to the stomach lining.
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Yes Margaret I always take a big dose at bedtime with yogurt if I suspect an attack is coming on. Works for me.
You probably know men are more likely to get gout than women, however my mate Dr D tells me there are more and more young females having attacks. The high incidence of them taking diuretics for weight loss as a common denominator seems to bear out my "dehydration" theory.