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A 64-year-old woman presents with acute onset hot, swollen and very painful first metatarsophalangeal joint. She has a history of hypertension and is on Bendroflumethiazide. Joint aspiration shows needle-shaped negatively birefringent crystals. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?

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