Mike,
A gout attack can last a couple days or a couple weeks.
NEVER go on and off uloric or allopurinol…both are a lifetime's commitment.
CALL YOUR DOCTOR…have him call in a prescriton for 30 or 60 cochicine tabs… Fill it immediately and take 2 tabs. Take an additional one every hour until you have taken 16, the pain stops, or the diarrhea becomes intolerable. It usually works seemingly miraculously well. If your doctor won't do it for you tell him he's fired.
This will end your acute attack but NOT your gout…that's what the Uloric or allopurinol is for.
Good luck with a quick pain stoppage!