Consider a Corticosteroid Over an NSAID for Acute Gout

December 2016

Corticosteroids will be used more often for ACUTE gout flares...due to new guidelines.

Oral corticosteroids work as well as NSAIDs for pain during a gout attack...and are a safer choice for some patients.

Use either a steroid or an NSAID for most acute gout flares.

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Table of Contents

Acute Pain Follow the Latest Thinking when Treating ACUTE Pain in Chronic Opioid Patients
Heart Failure Don't Add Tolvaptan (Samsca) to Improve Diuresis in HF Patients
Immunology Stick to Lower Infusion Rates for Renal Patients Receiving Carimune NF
Insulin Think of Basaglar as a New BRAND of Insulin Glargine...NOT a Generic for Lantus
Gout Consider a Corticosteroid Over an NSAID for Acute Gout
Pregnancy Evaluate Pregnant Women for VTE Risks on Admission
Cancer Add Non-Opioids for Bone and Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients
Statins Start Appropriate Diabetes Patients on a Statin
Adverse Events Document Excipient Allergies in the EHR
Diabetes Feel Comfortable Holding NON-Insulin Diabetes Meds in Type 1s
Supplements Feel Comfortable Holding Turmeric on Admission