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Wow! I just got my latest labs today and my SUA (serum uric acid) went from 6.5 to 4.3 while taking 300mg of Allopurinol daily. The lower the number, the better for gout sufferers since the uric acid crystals forming around the joints (big toe and shoulder, in my case) cause excruciating pain and deformed joints. My liver enzymes were a little higher then I would like them to be, but nothing like they were before I started my semi-vegetarian, no alcohol or high fructose corn syrup diet.

I still get minor pains and twinges in my toes and shoulder and I take 220mg of Aleve (OTC) for that, but not very often.

Overall I'm very happy with the results of the labs and I attribute the lower SUA to the 300mg daily dose of Allopurinol.