Post by Andrew MarshallPost by Sn!peI suffered gout for several years, and boodly painful it is too.
I suffer with gout occasionally; typically about once every dozen to
fifteen fortnights. My big toe - pot luck whether it's the sinister or
dexter one - hurts so much, for several days, that I can hardly walk.
Post by Sn!peIt
seems that live beer can kick it off because of the purine in yeast.
I don't drink all that much BA these days -perhaps two or three bottles
a fortnight - but when I do, it's almost always bottle- or
cask-conditioned. I'd not be at all keen on having to give it up.
Post by Sn!peA kind soul told me recently about Allopurinol tablets - they're
bloomin' marvellous.
Can they be ohled over the counter, or only on prescription?
Prescription only in the UK. They need treating with care, and it is
best to go via the doctor anyway. Don't worry too much about diet,
although I made the crack about port and pheasant, I was only echoing
the stereotypes of the past. Recent work has shown diet to have very
little influence over it. If, of course, anyone finds an obvious and
*repeatable* trigger, then that should be avoided - but usually it is
just co-incidence if a food or drink seems to be at fault.
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Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Atheist - a person with no invisible means of support.