Krystina,
Thank you for the feedback. Baseline lab evidence outlines treatment progress and direction of therapy needed. I appreciate your thought process for following up sooner. The reason I directed Dale to follow up in two weeks in my outlined treatment plan is supported by Dales receptiveness in education with trying the non-pharmacological alternative treatments in conjunction with Colchicine. Rather than pushing more medications on patients (NSAIDs) right from the date of a diagnosis, I feel it is important to provide patients with more than one approach to dealing with pain. Finney (2014), identified ice packs as a complimentary pain treatment option, along with elevating an extremity are two examples of how to treat gout pain, and
Thank you for the feedback. Baseline lab evidence outlines treatment progress and direction of therapy needed. I appreciate your thought process for following up sooner. The reason I directed Dale to follow up in two weeks in my outlined treatment plan is supported by Dales receptiveness in education with trying the non-pharmacological alternative treatments in conjunction with Colchicine. Rather than pushing more medications on patients (NSAIDs) right from the date of a diagnosis, I feel it is important to provide patients with more than one approach to dealing with pain. Finney (2014), identified ice packs as a complimentary pain treatment option, along with elevating an extremity are two examples of how to treat gout pain, and