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Gout is a result of an inherited metabolic condition with the amino acid purine. It causes the deposition of Uric acid crystals into joints. When observed under a microscope, these crystals appears as long thin glass like needles that are HIGHLY inflammatory.

It’s genetic. It sux!

BTW
Your Internist is more than capable of treating your gout.

I took 8 ounces of water with a tablespoon of baking soda. And one whole squeezed lemon. You can't od on it. It worked for me in two days. A fellow gout sufferer gave me the recipe.Take as much as you want.

Runs in my family, it sucks. It sucks big time. In fact I was at the Doctor today about it. Have it in my thumb for the first time. Made the mistake of eating a rib-eye, and then a New York a day later. I stay away from good steaks and alcohol. It sucks. For those that haven’t had it, the pain is like needles being shoved into your joint. As a kid I use to see my Grams moan from it. Thank God we have meds today. Now I whimper instead of moaning.

I’ve had attacks over the years, always in the joint making the ball of my foot. Felt like an ice pick in the joint digging away.

Have had it in both feet, but never at the same time. Was on allopurinol at one time but not due several years. Doctor was adamant to not take it unless the attack was completely gone. Somebody above me said the same thing.

The last time I had it was for like 4 or 5 days. Was given some colchicine, told to not trust a fart, and good luck. By that night I was back in my work boots instead of unlaced tennis shoes. Went through a lot of Charmin to get there though. Colchicine is like $6/pill here. You can buy it in Cozumel for $6/box. I carry it in my backpack with my laptop everywhere I go. It helped me that much.

I tried the tart cherry juice and the baking soda in water, neither did anything for me. Drinking lots of water can’t hurt though.

Best information I got was actually from my eye doctor. He suffers from it. Told him I had it in an exam but didn’t know what caused it. He left and cane back with a printout of 100 foods, all “trigger” foods. Told me on my next attack, to think back 3 days for everything I’d ate and mark it. After a few attacks, hopefully a trend would develop on what good to avoid. His trigger was MSG in Chinese food. As luck would have it, I haven’t had an attack in a few years.

Prednisone will have you feeling better in less than 24 hours- but shouldn’t be relied upon for long term treatment.

Sugar, specifically fructose, is extremely bad for gout as uric acid is a byproduct of your body processing fructose. So stay away from sugary drinks, or anything else that has high fructose corn syrup in it.
Another suggestion is to lower your fruit intake- specifically high sugar/low fiber fruit like melons and grapes. The fiber negates the uric acid byproduct that your body produces when metabolizing sugar.

Hopefully ETOH will come along with some of his wisdom.

Q black cherry juice and avoid red meat asparagus and alcohol in high doses.

Just read the book "How not to Die" If you invest the time to read this book you will have all the information needed to change your life.

https://nutritionfacts.org/book/

Colchicine and Indomethacin for immediate relief. Colchicine will tear up your stomach like nothing else, the "atomic sh its" are real and unpleasant. Indomethacin isn't the stuff that's hard on the stomach, that's Colchicine. Indomethacin has never bothered me a bit. Allopurinol is a long term preventative and works great, but it shouldn't be taken when someone is having a gout attack. It works by purging the body of uric acid and that requires the body's excess uric acid to be removed from tissue, enter the bloodstream, and be filtered out by the kidneys then pissed out. That extra uric acid in the bloodstream will make an ongoing gout attack worse, not better. That's the reason why when someone is started on Allopurinol they're given gradually increasing doses. You don't want to start out with a full strength dose, it'll suddenly increase the uric acid in the blood and trigger a gout attack. You've got to slowly get your body to purge it so your kidneys have time to remove it.

Black cherry juice is a traditional home remedy and can help some. Like most home remedies though it's a poor substitute for modern medicines. You can chug black cherry juice for weeks and maybe feel a little better, or get the right medicines and be feeling better by the day's end. I know which one I'll pick.

Question, are you taking any Statin Drugs? They are commonly proscribed for Cholesterol issues. I was on all of them in varying doses for several years. I found I am allergic to them and kept coming up with Rhabdomyolisis which led to joint problems which led to gout attacks. I finally stopped taking the statins and have been gout free for about 8 years. When off the statins my uric acid levels came down to normal range. I can't quote any studies confirming this but that has been the result. I've since come across quite a few people that take statins and have had gout. My diet was never high on purines and has been the same over the whole period.

I take allopurinol and diclofenac (an anti- inflamatory) Haven't had a bout with the gout for 20 years. Knock on wood.

Go see a doctor. I take allopurinol every day. Take 3 Alive twice a day until it gets better. When I had it, it took about a month before my toe was back to 100%.

When I had it, my uric acid level was at 8. Now I run about 4.

Dark cherry juice is the bomb for me. Clears it up overnight if I drink an 8 ounce glass.

Woke up one morning 40 years ago. I thought I had broke my foot. Big toe could not stand to have the sheet laying on it. Doctor gave me Butazolidin. If I remember right I could only take 8 pills over about 12 hours. They stopped the Gout
Attack until next time. Been on Allopuriinol ever since. Hasbeen

Really good article at

NCBI-NHI The Genetics of hyperurcemia and gout.

lastest perspective on genetic role and risk factors such as high blood pressure, overweight, diet.

I have never had gout, but my brother has for many years. I recently visited him and he noticed my shoulders were in a lot of pain, I have some bad arthritis in there. He told me to try CBD oil. Apparently he has been using it for his gout and has been pain free since he started. This is in addition to the meds prescribed by the Doc. Young living is the specific brand he recommended. I have not tried it but will pass along the suggestion.

I take Allopurinol for my gout.it doesn’t get rid of it, but makes it where I can get on with my day to day life.

Keep your piss clear from drinking more water.

I started getting it bad last summer. Was drinking a lot of spiced rum. Of course they put me on a steroid and some other drug, can't recall right now. But I went thru that several times last summer.

Now I take Alpurinol (SP?) in the morning and at night. I can tell you if I forget a nightly dose and I have a little too much to drink I def feel it the next day.