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Another study showing most primary care doctors do not know how to properly manage gout appeared in the journal Rheumatology International this month.  This study found that only 27.5% of patients had their uric acid level measured on, at least, an annual basis.  This means that doctors where unable to evaluate the effectiveness of uric acid lowering treatment, that is, if they even bothered to prescribe one.

This is another shining example of why it’s important to arm yourself with the facts on how this disease is managed.  There is a lot of very bad information out there and this misinformation results in you being in pain! That’s a pretty compelling reason why you should become familiar with the proper and scientifically backed methods of managing this disease.  Not to replace your doctor, but to complement his care.
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