Use this Conversation Card

to talk with your doctor.

It is important to achieve and maintain a healthy
uric acid level of below 6 mg/dL. So make an
appointment with your doctor. By working together,
you may be able to achieve and maintain a lower,
healthy uric acid level.

Tell your doctor:

Gout medicine you currently take or have taken
in the past:

Number of attacks you have experienced

in the last 6 months:

Activities gout has kept you from experiencing:

The more your doctor

knows, the better.
So tell your doctor if:
Common activities cause pain in joints usually affected
by gout attacks.
Youve missed work due to gout. If so, how many days?
Youve avoided other activities due to gout,
including family obligations, driving, and exercising.
You often take medicine for pain and swelling due
to gout attacks.
You experience joint stiffness between flares or in
joints not previously affected by gout.
Youre concerned about gouts long-term
consequences.

Ask your doctor:

What is my uric acid level?

Is there anything I can do to get my uric acid

to a lower, healthy level?

NOTES:

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