Vitamin C As an
Alterrnativ
ve Gou
ut
T
Treatmment

 
  
 

• Thhere are some e sources statte that taking multivitamin

supplement pillls, especially vitamin C is s one of thee
ems listed in natural
ite n remediies for gout.

• A few studies over

o the past few decades s have shown
ositive result that
po t Vitamin C can help in reducing the e
uric acid level in
n the blood, only if taken in mega dose.

 
  
 

• Goout is a directt result of ele

evated uric ac
cid content in
thee body. Goutt treatments, be it natural remedies orr
synthetic drugss work in two o ways to redduce the acid
vels. One is by
lev y restricting the
t supply by inhibiting the
e
deegradation for purine to uricc acid.

he other way is by improvin

• Th ng the excretioon of the acid
thrrough urine and Vitamin C is thought to be an
ex
xcretory agentt instead of an inhibitor of the breaking
do
own of purine.

 
  
 

here is one complicating

• Th c and confusing fact aboutt
go
out patients is
s that the ob bscure fact th hat there are e
maany people who
w have hype eruricemia bu ut have neverr
ex
xperience the e dreadful gout
g attack while otherr
pa
atients with no
ormal or slighttly high uric acid level do.

 
  
 

• A study did in 2005

2 where gouty participa
ants took 500
0
mgg of Vitamin C daily for two months.. The results s
showed that Viitamin C can reduce uric acid level ass
muuch as 10 percents on averrage.

he rate of re
• Th eduction is larger among g those goutt
pa
atients who ha
ave higher leve
els of uric acid
d.

 
  
 

esearches and
• Re d case studie es have show
wn that rapid
changes in uric acid levels can somehow trriggers a goutt
atttack.

his rapid fluctu

• Th uation of the acid can be bbrought aboutt
by
y many factors s such as the e consumptionn of too much
uric acid reducin
ng drug such as allopurinoll. Taking overr
oses of Vitamin C within a short period
do d of time can
als
so cause a rappid drop in the
e gouty acid le
evel.

 
  
 

ossible explanation for phenomena like this is that a

• Po
dra
astic and sud dden drop in the uric acid
d lever in the
e
blo
ood causes th he can somehow stir up those 'sleeping'
ura
ate crystals in
n the joints.

• Wh hen these urrate crystals float around the synovial

flu
uid in the jointts, it alerts th
he immune de etectors which
will initiate a series of im mmune reactions such as s
infflammation, sw welling and in ntense pain.

 
  
 

• If you wish to trry Vitamin C as

a an alternative treatmentt
forr gout, makee sure you do that within n the healthyy
dooses.

ndly discuss with

• Kin w your doc
ctor or qualifie
ed nutritionistt
be
efore you go fo
or any doses of
o over 1,000 mg.

 
  
 

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