What triggers an acute attack of gouty arthritis?
An acute attack may be set off by any of the following: • Binge drinking and eating big meals. • Any stress of illness, injury, infection or surgery. • Medicines that are often given for making a person pass more urine called diuretics, and anti-cancer drugs, ingestion of drugs that are often used to lower blood levels of uric acid (e.g., allopurinol).
