Fresh Cherry Juice works really well and tiny little tablets on prescription though called " Colchisine" combine the two, bloody fantastic.
Gouts a ******* mate I know , I had it for years on and off and then all of a sudden it just went.
What it actually is, is needle shaped Uric Acid crystal in between the joints in your body mainly fingers, knees, toes.
Sometimes you can actually feel the crystals poking out through the skin. I could, you just feel like cutting them out.
As I said Alapurinol for long term treatment, Colchicine...
Allapurinoll, for sudden attacks though Colchisine is brilliant made from Crocus plants on prescription though. GOOD LUCK MATE EXTEMELY PAINFUL CONDITION