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Casey · 10-21-2021, 03:37 PM

Pretty confident the gout got me. Lordamercy this smarts. Any suggestions for relief other than hitting our family stash of opioids?

twosixteens · 10-21-2021, 03:38 PM

Apple cider vinegar seems to help

Kiwifan · 10-21-2021, 03:42 PM

Allopurinol will keep it away in the long term, in the short term talk to the local urgent care or your doc, there are several anti-inflammatory meds (like advil but way stronger) that can get it under control.

laredoarcher · 10-21-2021, 03:42 PM

Get meds. Gout is SATAN

Hope you get over it.

HUNTIN HARD · 10-21-2021, 03:46 PM

Here here, I think I’m the king of gout!!!!!! I’ve had more flare ups than I can begin to count. I usually just have let mine run its course about three days of horrific pain. I do take colchicine when I feel it coming on and still about three days.

eradicator · 10-21-2021, 03:48 PM

Cherry juice and cider vinegar. Pain meds until you can get to doc to get a prescription. Haven't had an attack in several years once I started taking allopurinol

HUNTIN HARD · 10-21-2021, 03:52 PM

I take allopurinol every day and I still get flares. Doc said stop eating red meat, seafood, and stop drinking alcohol!!!!! Told him well I guess I’m going to keep getting gout lol

HoustonHunter94 · 10-21-2021, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwifan

Allopurinol will keep it away in the long term, in the short term talk to the local urgent care or your doc, there are several anti-inflammatory meds (like advil but way stronger) that can get it under control.

This right here. Maybe try some cherry juice but colcrys and mitigare will knock it out quick and the allopurinol will keep it away. Gout ain't no joke. Had it in both ankles at once one time...

Txsurveyor2014 · 10-21-2021, 03:59 PM

allopurinol as said and black cherry extract works!

PapaSmurf · 10-21-2021, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laredoarcher

Get meds. Gout is SATAN

Hope you get over it.

Chew · 10-21-2021, 04:04 PM

Indomethacin right now....
Allopurinol for prevention.

tps7742 · 10-21-2021, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chew

Indomethacin right now....
Allopurinol for prevention.

This!

simek · 10-21-2021, 04:10 PM

Ivermectin.

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2Lazy2P · 10-21-2021, 04:21 PM

Get a prescription of allopurinal like the others have said. Gout sucks bad!!

andre3k · 10-21-2021, 04:22 PM

Cherry Juice works really well for me. Usually knocks it out in a day or two. All of that sugar from the juice can't be good for you though.

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TX_Hoghunter · 10-21-2021, 04:34 PM

It does suck. My advice to avoid future attacks is to drink plenty of water. Dehydration has always been the cause of mine.

Good luck.

-john

tigerscowboy · 10-21-2021, 04:40 PM

I've got it, AND serious.

*Never back to back meals of beef, venison, or shellfish.
*Drink a ounce or 2 of straight no sugar cherry juice every day.
*celery seed extract
*flax seed and oatmeal in Greek yogurt every week or more
*take a tblsp of olive oil or avocado oil when available
*cut out sugars and corn syrup sweeteners
*olives are positive
*Beer is terrible. Body will make it a priority to remove the beer with uric acid above all else.

Your body is producing uric acid to break down purines. When it produces too much uric acid, you will have a gout flare up. It's that simple.

eradicator · 10-21-2021, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HUNTIN HARD

I take allopurinol every day and I still get flares. Doc said stop eating red meat, seafood, and stop drinking alcohol!!!!! Told him well I guess I’m going to keep getting gout lol

I do all of those things and have been lucky recently I guess! Knockin' on wood as we speak. I was dealing with 3-4 per year until I started on the allopurinol

eradicator · 10-21-2021, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TX_Hoghunter

It does suck. My advice to avoid future attacks is to drink plenty of water. Dehydration has always been the cause of mine.

Good luck.

-john

My main trigger always seemed to be gravy, with chicken fried steak and biscuits and gravy being the main culprits

Texas452 · 10-21-2021, 04:45 PM

Fresh cherries works good for me when you can get them, the dark ones.
Any dark berry.
Blueberries work good.
Black berries work.
Every time I feel an attack coming in I go to cherries if in season, then blue berries and then black berries.
Eat a lot of them.

eradicator · 10-21-2021, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigerscowboy

I've got it, AND serious.

*Never back to back beef, venison, or shellfish.
*Drink a ounce or 2 of straight no sugar cherry juice every day.
*celery seed extract
*flax seed and oatmeal in Greek yogurt every week or more
*take a tblsp of olive oil or avocado oil when available
*cut out sugars and hfcsyrup

Good advice here!

jessBsemple · 10-21-2021, 04:46 PM

Get the walmart (Spring/Nature Valley??) brand of Tart Cherry Extract. I have been taking it for years. Doc said it is as good as anything else. If you leave it at home, there's a walmart somewhere near you. Front load if you if you need, then take one a day.

Texas452 · 10-21-2021, 04:52 PM

As mentioned, drink lots of water and no soda’s especially Dr. pepper.
I used to live with that crap and I use to drink beer, I had to drink potato vodka if I wanted to drink alcohol (I haven’t drank alcohol in years) but had to be careful with the vodka, it will sneak up on you!

Drycreek3189 · 10-21-2021, 04:56 PM

I used to take allopurinol daily, but when I slowed way down on my whiskey drinking the gout slowed down too. Imagine that !

Texas Grown · 10-21-2021, 05:03 PM

I got my first dose of it in Aug 2019 after changing my diet in June 2019. Had to readjust my diet after getting it. Felt like I had my first metatarsal at the toe on left foot broke again. Swelled like it too. Kept up the diet change after that. Cut out all the red meated fish. Quit eating beef and pork from the store. Back to wild game only to reduce the fats and help with cholesterol. I do buy chicken and turkey breast. And a very mild case in first big toe on right foot back in July 2021. Wasn't near as bad as the pain from the first case. Got the meds, got over it quick this time. Most of the advice I've got as already been posted. Lay off or back on the beer too. Yah, I know what you're think-n.

Clay6x45 · 10-21-2021, 05:13 PM

There is a lot of new research about probiotics being effective for gout. I can take a cheap daily probiotic (whatever the generic Walmart brand is) and eat and drink whatever I want. I have never hade a flare up while taking them but I have when I run out or quit taking them. It helps you process the uric acid more like when you were younger. I attached one example link but you can find many studies online.
https://www.newswise.com/articles/sh...kidney-disease Tigerscowboy tips above will work but I like to be able to eat and drink what I want.

KenWood · 10-21-2021, 05:25 PM

I used to get it every now and then. Then once a month. I seriously tried to adjust my lifestyle but it never helped. On 300 mg allopurinol for about three years and haven’t had a flare up since. I’m knocking on wood as I type this. Everyone I know who has it, the same thing. Try to eat right and drink cherry juice and apple cider vinegar. They all ended up on the allopurinol. Advice I give is save yourself a whole lot of pain in the long run and just take the daily meds.

Passthrough · 10-21-2021, 05:28 PM

Once your symptoms pass….get on allopurinol!

db@100 · 10-21-2021, 05:29 PM

I had a flare up a several weeks ago. Here is what the Dr. gave me.
Prednisone twice a day for the first week along with colchicine twice a day. The second week I added allopurinol. The third week I drop the prednisone and cut back to one Colchicine. I will stay on this until I go back to see him in Dec.
I have always been told to never take allopurinol while having a flare up. Use it only to prevent an attack.

F1addict · 10-21-2021, 05:29 PM

Use Colchicine to knock it out now.
Use Allopurinol to keep it away.

db@100 · 10-21-2021, 05:32 PM

They are doing studies on how gout may have an affect in heart issues.
Left untreated, it will cause joint damage.

eradicator · 10-21-2021, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by db@100

They are doing studies on how gout may have an affect in heart issues.
Left untreated, it will cause joint damage.

It does that anyways.........

sailor · 10-21-2021, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by laredoarcher

Get meds. Gout is SATAN

Hope you get over it.

It is truly.. The Devil's toe.

Wanna guess which foot, Got Gout ??
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Tyrex750 · 10-21-2021, 06:05 PM

Get a steroid shot, knocks it out within a hr.

4R Daddy · 10-21-2021, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chew

Indomethacin right now....
Allopurinol for prevention.

This. This. This.

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Grant2 · 10-21-2021, 06:24 PM

Go to the Dr get the shot and pills and be done with it.

Keith · 10-21-2021, 07:55 PM

I've had about 8-10 flare-ups, the first was the worst one in 2018 after eating summer sausage. Both big toes hurt so bad I could barely walk the next day. Another time it was from shrimp, and another it was steak. This past Sunday evening I ate chicken parmesan with pasta. I woke up Monday morning with another flare-up in both toes. It took until today to finally stop hurting. Why chicken, or was it something else? I can't figure out why it's once every 3-4 months, when I eat shrimp and steak at least 3 or 4 times a month. I'll talk to my doctor about it the next time I see him.

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CLR · 10-21-2021, 08:11 PM

Yes, I think I caught it from Huntinhard. I tried everything. Allopurinol does not help me. Caused other joints to hurt. I take colchine and diclofenac when I feel an attack coming on. Febuxostat works for me. It’s generic uloric.
The pain from gout is probably the worst I ever had. Relentless pain.

Casey · 10-21-2021, 08:14 PM

Just started indomethacin. This has been rough. Felt a little flare on Monday. It ramped up overnight Tuesday and hasn't let up since.

Hope it subsides soon.

CLR · 10-21-2021, 08:18 PM

Get your doctor to give you a steroid to knock it out.

Buckshot4900 · 10-21-2021, 08:24 PM

Man if you were close to Lake Fork I’d give you a couple of the secret potion.
Chew is dead on for a change.

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Chew · 10-21-2021, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Buckshot4900

Man if you were close to Lake Fork I’d give you a couple of the secret potion.
Chew is dead on for a change.

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You have insulted a southerner and a gentleman!

Schubert6689 · 10-21-2021, 09:11 PM

Had a flare up in May and used Salonpas medicated pads wrapped around my big toe. It took the edge off it long enough to get some sleep.

Bh_liberty · 10-21-2021, 10:29 PM

Go get the shot. The relief is almost instant

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Casey · 10-21-2021, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bh_liberty

Go get the shot. The relief is almost instant

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What shot?

Bh_liberty · 10-21-2021, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Casey

What shot?

I think it’s a steroid shot in the butt. I’ve only had 2 flare ups went to the doc told him what was going on and the nurse came in with a syringe. Hobbled in and pretty much was walking normal by the time I got back to work both times.

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Bh_liberty · 10-21-2021, 10:45 PM

Whatever you do don’t try to pop your big toe no matter how much you think it would make you feel better. Ask me how I know

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Bkag09 · 10-21-2021, 10:46 PM

Indomethicin and allopurinol is the only way.

3ChordTruth · 10-21-2021, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by andre3k

Cherry Juice works really well for me. Usually knocks it out in a day or two. All of that sugar from the juice can't be good for you though.

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This has worked for me, gout is pure evil.

3ChordTruth · 10-21-2021, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jessBsemple

Get the walmart (Spring/Nature Valley??) brand of Tart Cherry Extract. I have been taking it for years. Doc said it is as good as anything else. If you leave it at home, there's a walmart somewhere near you. Front load if you if you need, then take one a day.

X2 this, and drink lots of water, has worked for me.

10-21-2021, 03:37 PM	#1
Casey Administrator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bulverde Hunt In: Blanco	Any Gout Sufferers? Pretty confident the gout got me. Lordamercy this smarts. Any suggestions for relief other than hitting our family stash of opioids?

10-21-2021, 04:40 PM	#17
tigerscowboy Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Texas Hunt In: Eagle Lake. Elk, Pronghorn, Nigai, Carribou, Deer in CO,WY, TX, AK. Bass, Trout, and Reds.	I've got it, AND serious. Never back to back meals of beef, venison, or shellfish. Drink a ounce or 2 of straight no sugar cherry juice every day. celery seed extract flax seed and oatmeal in Greek yogurt every week or more take a tblsp of olive oil or avocado oil when available cut out sugars and corn syrup sweeteners olives are positive Beer is terrible. Body will make it a priority to remove the beer with uric acid above all else. Your body is producing uric acid to break down purines. When it produces too much uric acid, you will have a gout flare up. It's that simple. Last edited by tigerscowboy; 10-21-2021 at 04:49 PM.

10-21-2021, 08:11 PM	#38
CLR Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Inez, TX Hunt In: Refugio County	Yes, I think I caught it from Huntinhard. I tried everything. Allopurinol does not help me. Caused other joints to hurt. I take colchine and diclofenac when I feel an attack coming on. Febuxostat works for me. It’s generic uloric. The pain from gout is probably the worst I ever had. Relentless pain. Last edited by CLR; 10-21-2021 at 08:13 PM.

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10-21-2021, 03:38 PM	#2
twosixteens Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North Texas Hunt In: Young County Mostly Mack’s Creek Missouri on occasion	Apple cider vinegar seems to help

10-21-2021, 03:42 PM	#3
Kiwifan Four Point Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: DFW Hunt In: Anywhere I can	Allopurinol will keep it away in the long term, in the short term talk to the local urgent care or your doc, there are several anti-inflammatory meds (like advil but way stronger) that can get it under control.

10-21-2021, 03:42 PM	#4
laredoarcher Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Laredo Hunt In: SouthTex	Get meds. Gout is SATAN Hope you get over it.

10-21-2021, 03:46 PM	#5
HUNTIN HARD Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Victoria, TX Hunt In: Refugio, Africa	Here here, I think I’m the king of gout!!!!!! I’ve had more flare ups than I can begin to count. I usually just have let mine run its course about three days of horrific pain. I do take colchicine when I feel it coming on and still about three days.

10-21-2021, 03:48 PM	#6
eradicator Pope & Young Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Arlington,TX/Pecos County	Cherry juice and cider vinegar. Pain meds until you can get to doc to get a prescription. Haven't had an attack in several years once I started taking allopurinol

10-21-2021, 03:52 PM	#7
HUNTIN HARD Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Victoria, TX Hunt In: Refugio, Africa	I take allopurinol every day and I still get flares. Doc said stop eating red meat, seafood, and stop drinking alcohol!!!!! Told him well I guess I’m going to keep getting gout lol

10-21-2021, 03:59 PM	#9
Txsurveyor2014 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Forney Hunt In: Oklahoma and Angelina County	allopurinol as said and black cherry extract works!

10-21-2021, 04:04 PM	#11
Chew Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Centerville, TX Hunt In: Leon County	Indomethacin right now.... Allopurinol for prevention.

10-21-2021, 04:10 PM	#13
simek Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spicewood, TX	Ivermectin. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

10-21-2021, 04:21 PM	#14
2Lazy2P Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: NE Texas Hunt In: NE Texas/SE Oklahoma	Get a prescription of allopurinal like the others have said. Gout sucks bad!!

10-21-2021, 04:22 PM	#15
andre3k Six Point Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Spring Hunt In: Burkeville	Cherry Juice works really well for me. Usually knocks it out in a day or two. All of that sugar from the juice can't be good for you though. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

10-21-2021, 04:34 PM	#16
TX_Hoghunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fruitvale, TX Hunt In: Fruitvale, TX	It does suck. My advice to avoid future attacks is to drink plenty of water. Dehydration has always been the cause of mine. Good luck. -john

10-21-2021, 04:45 PM	#20
Texas452 Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Own property in Burleson,Leon and Coleman counties. Hunt In: Burleson Coleman Leon counties	Fresh cherries works good for me when you can get them, the dark ones. Any dark berry. Blueberries work good. Black berries work. Every time I feel an attack coming in I go to cherries if in season, then blue berries and then black berries. Eat a lot of them.

10-21-2021, 04:46 PM	#22
jessBsemple Four Point Join Date: Mar 2019	Get the walmart (Spring/Nature Valley??) brand of Tart Cherry Extract. I have been taking it for years. Doc said it is as good as anything else. If you leave it at home, there's a walmart somewhere near you. Front load if you if you need, then take one a day.

10-21-2021, 04:52 PM	#23
Texas452 Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Own property in Burleson,Leon and Coleman counties. Hunt In: Burleson Coleman Leon counties	As mentioned, drink lots of water and no soda’s especially Dr. pepper. I used to live with that crap and I use to drink beer, I had to drink potato vodka if I wanted to drink alcohol (I haven’t drank alcohol in years) but had to be careful with the vodka, it will sneak up on you!

10-21-2021, 04:56 PM	#24
Drycreek3189 Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Troup Hunt In: Cherokee, Rusk Counties	I used to take allopurinol daily, but when I slowed way down on my whiskey drinking the gout slowed down too. Imagine that !

10-21-2021, 05:03 PM	#25
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas Hunt In: Kick CoViD's tail!	I got my first dose of it in Aug 2019 after changing my diet in June 2019. Had to readjust my diet after getting it. Felt like I had my first metatarsal at the toe on left foot broke again. Swelled like it too. Kept up the diet change after that. Cut out all the red meated fish. Quit eating beef and pork from the store. Back to wild game only to reduce the fats and help with cholesterol. I do buy chicken and turkey breast. And a very mild case in first big toe on right foot back in July 2021. Wasn't near as bad as the pain from the first case. Got the meds, got over it quick this time. Most of the advice I've got as already been posted. Lay off or back on the beer too. Yah, I know what you're think-n.

10-21-2021, 05:13 PM	#26
Clay6x45 Four Point Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: West TX Hunt In: Public land, Anywhere I can	There is a lot of new research about probiotics being effective for gout. I can take a cheap daily probiotic (whatever the generic Walmart brand is) and eat and drink whatever I want. I have never hade a flare up while taking them but I have when I run out or quit taking them. It helps you process the uric acid more like when you were younger. I attached one example link but you can find many studies online. https://www.newswise.com/articles/sh...kidney-disease Tigerscowboy tips above will work but I like to be able to eat and drink what I want.

10-21-2021, 05:25 PM	#27
KenWood Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Llano Hunt In: Llano and Runnels county	I used to get it every now and then. Then once a month. I seriously tried to adjust my lifestyle but it never helped. On 300 mg allopurinol for about three years and haven’t had a flare up since. I’m knocking on wood as I type this. Everyone I know who has it, the same thing. Try to eat right and drink cherry juice and apple cider vinegar. They all ended up on the allopurinol. Advice I give is save yourself a whole lot of pain in the long run and just take the daily meds.

10-21-2021, 05:28 PM	#28
Passthrough Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006	Once your symptoms pass….get on allopurinol!

10-21-2021, 05:29 PM	#29
db@100 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2009	I had a flare up a several weeks ago. Here is what the Dr. gave me. Prednisone twice a day for the first week along with colchicine twice a day. The second week I added allopurinol. The third week I drop the prednisone and cut back to one Colchicine. I will stay on this until I go back to see him in Dec. I have always been told to never take allopurinol while having a flare up. Use it only to prevent an attack.

10-21-2021, 05:29 PM	#30
F1addict Six Point Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: South Austin Hunt In: Hays Co	Use Colchicine to knock it out now. Use Allopurinol to keep it away.

10-21-2021, 05:32 PM	#31
db@100 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2009	They are doing studies on how gout may have an affect in heart issues. Left untreated, it will cause joint damage.

10-21-2021, 06:05 PM	#34
Tyrex750 Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pasadena Hunt In: Hardin co.	Get a steroid shot, knocks it out within a hr.

10-21-2021, 06:24 PM	#36
Grant2 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2012 Hunt In: Big Tex	Go to the Dr get the shot and pills and be done with it.

10-21-2021, 07:55 PM	#37
Keith Administrator Join Date: Jan 1998 Location: Sulphur Springs, TX	I've had about 8-10 flare-ups, the first was the worst one in 2018 after eating summer sausage. Both big toes hurt so bad I could barely walk the next day. Another time it was from shrimp, and another it was steak. This past Sunday evening I ate chicken parmesan with pasta. I woke up Monday morning with another flare-up in both toes. It took until today to finally stop hurting. Why chicken, or was it something else? I can't figure out why it's once every 3-4 months, when I eat shrimp and steak at least 3 or 4 times a month. I'll talk to my doctor about it the next time I see him. Sent from my SM-N975U1 using Tapatalk

10-21-2021, 08:14 PM	#39
Casey Administrator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bulverde Hunt In: Blanco	Just started indomethacin. This has been rough. Felt a little flare on Monday. It ramped up overnight Tuesday and hasn't let up since. Hope it subsides soon.

10-21-2021, 08:18 PM	#40
CLR Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Inez, TX Hunt In: Refugio County	Get your doctor to give you a steroid to knock it out.

10-21-2021, 08:24 PM	#41
Buckshot4900 Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lake Fork (Emory) Hunt In: Texas/Mississippi	Man if you were close to Lake Fork I’d give you a couple of the secret potion. Chew is dead on for a change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

10-21-2021, 09:11 PM	#43
Schubert6689 Eight Point Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: San Antonio Hunt In: Kinney County	Had a flare up in May and used Salonpas medicated pads wrapped around my big toe. It took the edge off it long enough to get some sleep.