Gout

[livingwith]

My father lived through years of gout pain in one foot which greatly interfered with his quality of life and ability to get around easily. He was not overweight but he ate a very rich diet (cream sauces, gravies, red meat), as did most of us in our culture. He always said that his doctor told him to cut back on those rich foods and I think he tried sometimes and it helped a little off and on. But what he didn’t mention to us (most likely on purpose) was that drinking alcohol was also a maj...Read the full article

[charlietb]

I really dont have anything to add to your comments,I do not drink,but i do know that drinking any kind of allcohol is not good for gout.I have it very bad in my big toes and finger's and rhist's.The doctor put me on predasone,allpuranol 400 mg.It helped a little by lowering the uric acid from 12 to 6.1,and i started feeling a little better.But that was as far as it went.Then the hunger pang's started from the predasone,I gained 8 pounds in 6 weeks.needlest to say i stopped it.in the meantime the itching started every day about 24 hr's after i took the allpuranol.So i stopped that last night,but today i started itching again.I have done away with all meats,and anything that i think make's uric acid.I see the doctor tomorrow,and i don't think he is going to be happy.I hope there is something i can take that will help.Does anybody out there have a suggestion.I would like to hear from you.