Is baking soda useful?

Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, has the effect of alkalizing urine. For gout patients, baking soda can promote uric acid excretion, but baking soda is not the most basic treatment. For gout patients, medication should be selected. For acute stage, colchicine, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or glucocorticoids can be used. In remission, drugs that promote uric acid excretion, such as benzbromarone, or drugs that inhibit uric acid production, such as febuxostat or allopurinol, may be selected. Baking soda may be used as an adjunct treatment, only to promote uric acid excretion and alkalize urine, but it is not the main treatment for gout.