The conventional treatment path works for many people, with over 85% of acute cases resolving within 8 to 12 weeks of conservative care
Do cagrilintide and tirzepatide work the same way
Gordon AC, Gillespie C, Son J, Polhill T, Leibman S, Smith GS
Pickart and Margolinas 2018 review in Int J Mol Sci catalogs its regenerative and protective actions matrix remodeling, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory gene modulation, and wound-repair signaling but this is a review of largely preclinical and cell-based work (PMC6073405)
Indeed, the label warns that injecting bacteriostatic water intravenously by itself may cause red blood cell lysis
Local injections also carry a very small risk of introducing an infection into the joint but have the advantage that if gout has not as yet been definitively diagnosed a sample of fluid can be obtained using the same needle and analyzed for the presence of uric acid crystals