Uloric Approved for Gout

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I'm approaching 60, and had 4 or 5 spells of gout in my foot about 3-6 months apart over the past 3 years. I started eating bing cherries and it helped avert flare-ups, but they are only in season 6 months a year at best. I found a great remedy and have used it for about a year now with no other remedies, except I eat a bunch of grapes 2 times a week. The remedy is Cherry Fruit Extract. I buy it at a health food store, 90 capsules per bottle, by Enzymatic Therapy, about $18 per bottle, and I take 2 per day in the morning, so it lasts 45 days (40 cents/day). No problems since I starting taking these capsules !

Jim of CA 4:18PM July 02, 2010

What kind of gout do you have?
I have been under a doctor's care for about five year for gout and I take daily Allopurinal 300mg which works for me. Tests confirmed that my body make too much uric acid. My diet, does consist of eating shrimp and other types of fish plus beer and wine. The only time I have a tendency to get a gout attack is when I'm under prolonged stress.

Paul Geiselhart of IL 5:46PM March 02, 2009

Hi! Where do we find Bings in the off season? Do dried cherries work? Organic dark cherry juice (bottled)? Cherry capsules? Also, has anyone heard about good effects of celery?
I never have submitted comments online before, but I feel this captive audience knows exactly what's going on with our painful condition. Since the initial acute attack 17 months ago, I have controlled my diet fanatically: eat cherries, consume lowfat dairy products, drink coffee, drink lots of water, absolutely avoid high purine foods, no alcohol at all. Exercise fairly regulary.
Being proactive with organic diet and exercise always has been my first defense to overcome physical problems, and I avoid taking prescription drugs. It worked all my life until now. At age 59 I was still doing triathlons! But lately some surgeries have been necessary and now I take meds for yet another condition.
I don't take any gout meds yet and I am relatively uneducated about them. So far, I have staved off another gout attack, but my question is this: Should every gout sufferer take prescribed drugs [forever], starting right away? And if we don't, are future incapacities and deformities unavoidable for us?
If I do start medication, does the initial drug-taking period customarily bring on several attacks? The thought of inciting more gout pain is terrifying, but I also don't want to sabotage the quality of my later years. My doctor knows my aversion to taking meds, so he hasn't pressed the issue. As fellow sufferers, what are your thoughts? Should I have another talk with him? Thanks for sharing.

Iny of WA 9:56PM February 19, 2009

1. Avoid at all costs any excessive pressure or even slight injury to feet and ankles . Pushing on the car's accelerator pedal for an hour is bad.
2. Even though many studies and Drs. indicate that seafood, shellfish, wine , beans and lentils consumption makes only a slight increase in uric acid buildup ; My opinion is to simply avoid entirely all seafood, all fish and shellfish and at least red wine and all beer .
3. Daily exercise is very important ; but 8 glasses at 8 ounces each is very necessary and do not ever become even slightly de-hydrated .
4. Take your doctor's prescription dosage faithfully of Allopurinal or whatever he/she thinks you can tolerate .
5. Bing cherries fine; can't hurt you . nor the other items like psyllium husk . Good proper and "organic" vitamins are necessary ; avoid the usual junk.
6. A major item is eating real healthy organic food, mostly fruits and vegetables Do not eat what are called" edible consumables " ; junk from the corporations.
7. Avoid all the junk, especially processed 'food" and high fructose corn syrup , and chicken ,turkey and other fowl. Most beef now is so highly loaded with antibiotics it is bad. Eat real old fashioned gathered and cooked real food .

fritz of SD 7:32PM February 16, 2009

It's simple, it's inexpensive and it does work:
Three to 5 bing cherries each day. They must be "bing" cherries.

Mike Sutter of IN 4:59PM February 16, 2009

I have suffered with gout for twenty years. I have tried all the prescription and homeopathic remedies. I have been gout free for 18 months since I began using psyllium husk as a daily regimen. I believe fiber supplementation to be the best treatment for gout. Do yourself a favor and try psyllium husk daily. I have been waiting to share this news as I usually get 4 to 5 gout attacks a year.

Joe Fidel of OH 4:18PM February 16, 2009

Well, taking a pill is just controlling symptoms and all pharmaceuticals have their side effects - especially on the liver and kidneys, which filter toxins from the body - but lifestyle and diet changes and the oils and supplements actually HEAL the condition.
No medical condition, including gout, is stand-alone... there are always issues in the body, such as over acidity and other imbalances. This is why we go the extra step to actually HEAL instead of the pill route.
Obviously, my suggestions are not for everyone. I am just offering you information - that if you take the pill with its side effects and toxicity and inability to cure your condition just because it is simpler - and if you do this with every ailment that besets you - you are not really doing yourself a favor in the end.
The best to you all.
:)dv

Dale Vinicur of TN 3:33PM February 16, 2009

Lemonades and natural foods sounds all so healthy, but these things are unproven in controlled clinical trials and could be dangerous for some people. Yes, i've seen people get confort from herbal remedies, but I've also seen a friend who tried to tread her condition using only natural and homeopathic medicines, and it just got worse and worse until she ended up in the hospital. You never hear about these stories in granola health magazines.

CC of CA 3:19PM February 16, 2009

Much rather take a 40 mg pill a day then the long list you just laid out.
Have your husband checked for Sleep apnea and Low testosterone. There is a link. Gout is a symptom of other problems unless it's hereditery and for most who have it is not.

Paul Clark of TX 2:50PM February 16, 2009