A 35-year-old man presents with acute monoarthritis of the first MTP joint, severe pain, ESR 35, urate 560 µmol/L. What is the preferred first-line tr...

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A 35-year-old man presents with acute monoarthritis of the first MTP joint, severe pain, ESR 35, urate 560 µmol/L. What is the preferred first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Colchicine

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Allopurinol initiation now

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Probenecid

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Prednisolone depot injection routinely

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Indomethacin avoidance of NSAIDs

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A 35-year-old man presents with acute monoarthritis of the first MTP joint, severe pain, ESR 35, urate 560 µmol/L. What is the preferred first-line treatment?