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The cut-off, where patients with gout seem to dramatically reduce their number of flares, is when their uric acid level is taken below 6.0 mg/dL.4 With the above qualifications, attention to diet in gout patients is helpful, and especially so when first starting medication to lower the uric acid (which may, paradoxically, initially set off gout attacks)
Colvin KJ, Killen HS, Kanter MJ, et al
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If you're seeing a psychiatrist or therapist, inform them about your GLP-1 treatment so they can assess whether mood changes represent a medication effect, interaction with psychiatric medications, or an independent condition requiring alternative management
The GI effects are far more manageable, often minimal