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I spent years trying to fend it off, changed diets hydrated loads, cherry juice and all sorts. It was agony and I fought Allopurinol for ages as I didn't want to take pills everyday. I succumbed and am on 500 of Allopurinol a day and not had an attack for 7 years. It's truly a liberating drug...

Here is my story as I sit here nursing a gout attack..... I first had an attack 16 years ago and ended up in A&E where they x rayed my toe couldn't find anything and sent me home telling me not to waste their time, I couldn't walk unaided btw. Unbeknown to me my older brother has Gout as it's...