Anybody know anything that helps Gout?

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Originally Posted by DeDe Sunshine

Hello,
My Husband has Gout and we are having a time trying to keep it under controle. He just had an attack 3 weeks ago and now its starting again. I have cut him almost out of the red meat, Beans, and processed foods. I have made sure he drinks 8 glasses of water a day. He has ate 4 pounds of cherries in the last two weeks ( we were told they would help). I dont know what else to do. He is on indomethason(sp?) and takes it daily.
Does anybody have any other ideas? Do you know of a diet that will help him? Any help with this would be REALLY apreciated!

Hi

Think you might be helped by the results of a:

Recently completed 12 year study of 47,150 men which was recently posted/published in the New England Journal of Medicine Dated March 11 2004.

Title:

"Purine-Rich foods, Dairy and Protein Intake, and the Risk of Gout in Men"

Team was Led by: Dr Hyon K. Choi, M.D. Harvard Medical School.

Should be available directly or from your local library. Well worth obtaining/reading.

[sadeeanne]

My husband has had 2 extremely painful bouts of gout (no pun intended). I understand that it is as bad as kidney stones, which I have had several times and can relate to. His doctor prescribed Allopurinol for him. He takes 2 pills per day and has been without any flare up for about 3 years. It has really saved his day. The Allopurinol is covered by insurance, but I don't believe it's very expensive otherwise.

Good luck.