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Can patients with high uric acid (gout) be put on the diet? If so, how is the diet adjusted and will gout medication need to be changed?

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Can patients with high uric acid (gout) be put on the diet? If so, how is the diet adjusted and will gout medication need to be changed?

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Gout can be aggravated by the diet. It usually requires slowing the weight loss down to less than 2 lbs per week and taking 300 mg of allopurinol (a prescription drug). If uric acid stays down, allopurinol may be tapered down and stopped after 1 month under a physicians care.