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Can patients with high uric acid (gout) safely do Atkins? If so, how is the Atkins Nutritional Approach adjusted and will gout medication need to be changed?

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Can patients with high uric acid (gout) safely do Atkins? If so, how is the Atkins Nutritional Approach adjusted and will gout medication need to be changed?

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Gout can be aggravated by the Atkins Nutritional ApproachTM. Modification usually requires slowing weight loss down to fewer than two pounds a week and taking 300 mg of the prescription drug Allopurinol. If the uric acid level remains low, Allopurinol may be tapered down and stopped after one month, both under a physician’s care. (Taken from Atkins.