gout

Hi A good friend of mine suffers from terrible bouts of gout. He's considering getting on this herbal remedy - http://www.goutcure.com/. All the reviews I have found on Google etc seem fairly positive. Any doctors or medical folks on the board have any thoughts on this one? Mostly, I want to...

I've been hearing a lot about coffee being beneficial to the liver for a while. Now there is a study that says 4-6 cups a day can reduce the chance of gout. http://www.webmd.com/news/20070525/coffee-lowers-gout-risk

Because the arch of my left foot feels like its heavily bruised, and I can barely walk because of the pain. Also, is there anything I can take to speed the recovery?:boxedin:

This is the second attack of gout I've had in the last month. Up until last fall, I'd been running Marathons for the last few years, and doing quite a bit of other working out as well. Kind of took the winter/spring off to concentrate on other things. I'm no stranger to foot pain, but this...

About eight months ago my big toe on my right foot starting hurting more and more so I went to a doc. They looked at it, asked some questions, etc and said it was gout and gave me some anti-inflammatory drugs. The drugs worked, thankfully, because the gout was prett d*** painful and it was...

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Gout. He is the fourth person I've known who have been diagnosed with it in the past year. As far as I recall, I've never known anyone before who has told me they have it. So, is it "making a comeback", or is it as common as it has always been and...