[vash]

all those home remedies..sheesh.

your foot is exploding in pain. you dont want tea or cherry juice. my rheumatologist said one patient asked about a foot amputation. wow.

i take 300mg allupurinol and i have been flare free for 4 years now. my doc said diet plays second fiddle to med with gout. unless i go full vegan it wont solve anything. he also said studies show that veggies that raise uric levels do not typically trigger flare ups like animal products that raise uric levels.

and the damn flare up is a symptom of gout. just because you are flare free doesnt mean you dont have gout. he said you have gout for years before the first attack.

the dude retired, and i havent seen another gout doc..but i would start there. i'm not convinced all docs understand it.