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I have been having gout type symptoms now for about 3 years. My uric acid levels have not been high. My ankle would swell and lock up. It would change from one ankle to the other, always in a different place/muscle in my foot. when my feet would hurt, my hands and wrists would also hurt, but not as bad as my feet. I would have to get out the crutches when it would hit my feet. My knee swelled up and locked up once. I had fluid buildup and a lot of pain. I had determined that tomatoes had something to do with my gout or pseudogout. allopurinol would not help any. 1200mg of ibuprofen would help a lot. colchicine (sp) would help, but about as much as the ibuprofen. I started noticing that the home remedies that some people would post on some of these forums had something in common. the things that they said helped, also helped detox the liver. I decided to try to detox my liver, so I googled it and found that Milk Thistle was the most recommended liver detox out there. I went to Wal Mart and got some milk thistle from the vitamins rack. It is 1000mg per capsule. I took one in the morning and one in the afternoon for 5 days. After the first day I was pain free. Now I just take one capsule a week, or, if I eat the wrong foods,I might take one if I feel any kind of soreness in my knees or ankles that isn't normal. It had been about 6 months since a flare-up. do a study of the liver, and how it filters the crystals our of the bloodstream. It was an eye opener for me. Hope this helps someone.

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cantaner said:

Thanks for your reply.

I was not so lucky by escaping gout without Allpunirol. I stoped taking it only first week of December only 6 weeks ago. my UA level raised quickly to 9.9 from 6.5 in two week.

Your advise highly appreciate. I used Sulfinpyrazone during my first attack by direction of my Dr. some days long. You are right about kidney. It can make kidney stone. Kidney pain is worst than gout pain.

Any herbal treatment that can be suggest?

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I have been having gout type symptoms now for about 3 years. My uric acid levels have not been high. My ankle would swell and lock up. It would change from one ankle to the other, always in a differnt place/muscle in my foot. when my feet would hurt, my hands and wrists would also hurt, but not as bad as my feet. I would have to get? out the crutches when it would hit my feet. My knee? swelled up and locked up once. I had fluid buildup, and a lot of pain. I had determined that tomatoes had something to do with my gout, or psuedogout. allopurinol would not help any. 1200mg of ibuprofin would help a lot. colcasine (sp) would help, but about as much as the ibuprofin. I started noticing that the home remedies that some people would post on some of these forums had something in common. the things that they said helped, also helped detox the liver. i decided to try to detox my liver, so I googled it, and found that 'Milk thistle' was the most recommended liver detox out there. I went to Wal Mart and got some milk thistle from the vitamins rack. It is 1000mg per capsule. I took one in the morning and one in the afternoon for 5 days. After the first day I was pain free. Now I just take one capsule a week, or, if I eat the wrong foods,I might take one if I feel any kind of soreness in my knees or ankles that isn't normal. It had been about 6 months since a flare-up. do a study of the liver, and how it filters the crystals our of the bloodstream. It was an eye opener for me. Hope this helps someone.

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