Hi My father is 80 yrs old and has a heart problem.  His medication consists of
Hi Dear User ! I have gone through your questions and I understand your concern! Yes it's a medication in his treatment that cause Hyperglycemia (gout), and its Furosemide. This is a serious side effect of this Chat Doctor. Also, any kind of meat(with high purine) should be avoided in this acute phase of gout. Diet is very good to prevent any other gout -joint pain, But in this situation that it's an acute phase and need to take some other medications and do the changes in Furosemide to prevent further complications. I suggest to go to a rheumatologist He will change Furosemide with another one in consultation with the cardiologist doctor. He will check the acid uric level in blood, kidneys and according to the examination start the treatment with Anti-inflammatory