USE OF AN INTERLEUCIN 1 ANTAGONIST (IL-1), METHOD FOR TREATING, INHIBITING OR IMPROVING PSEUDOGOTA, USE OF ONE OR MORE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS, AND, PRODUCT.
Methods of treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating gout, including chronic acute (refractory) gout or pseudogout in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to a subject in need a therapeutic amount of an interleukin 1 (IL-1) antagonist, wherein gout or pseudogout are inhibited or ameliorated. Preferably, the IL-1 antagonist is the protein of SEQ ID NO:10 (rilonacept).