Originally Posted by Skoobie Dhu

^ I'm not a beer fan, I probably have a handful of bottles of cider a month, or maybe a couple of glasses of wine. I've been back on regular allopurinol for about a year now, started on 100mg for a month, followed by blood tests, and increasing by 100mg till we reached the point where the Uric acid had reduced to an acceptable level. After my visit to the doc they'd like to explore other arthritic problems before giving up on the allopurinol, although we have reduced to 300mg in the meantime. Had my ankles Xrayed today to check for erosion or any signs of osteo arthritis - I had my knee Xrayed last year after a similar swelling incident and it showed nothing sinister other than fluid - I'm hoping the ankle X-rays show up the same.