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Originally Posted by just another ref
I had heard cherry juice was good for treatment. Tried it and it didn't work for me. Tasted so nasty I said I'd almost rather have gout. I read specifically that one shouldn't take medication (I assume it was that drug someone mentioned earlier) only during an outbreak, but I bummed a couple and did it anyway and it worked like a charm. Pain went away totally.
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You should never take allopurinol while in the middle of a gout attack. It will exacerbate the problem. Indocin is a nsaid that relieves the inflamation caused by gout.
I've had that pain where you cannot tolerate the sheet on your foot. The dr. prescribed a treatment of colchicine at that time, and was pain free in about a day. That drug was presribed as a last resort though. He indicated it is a poison. Not sure how that works.