A 62-year-old man presents with a hot, swollen, very tender first metatarsophalangeal joint. Serum urate is elevated. What is the most appropriate fir...

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A 62-year-old man presents with a hot, swollen, very tender first metatarsophalangeal joint. Serum urate is elevated. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment for this acute gout flare?

Accepted Answer

Colchicine or NSAID as acute therapy

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Long-term Allopurinol

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Probenecid

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Low-dose Aspirin

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No pharmacological treatment

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Acute gout management

A 62-year-old man presents with a hot, swollen, very tender first metatarsophalangeal joint. Serum urate is elevated. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment for this acute gout flare?