[monkpit]

I second Allopurinol. Your doctor will try to tell you gout is due to your diet and lifestyle. The reality is (according to nearly everyone who actually has gout on the internet) that you just _have gout_ - you can’t diet it away.

I cut out all drinking and went vegetarian after a gout diagnosis and still had flare ups. I never drink sugary drinks or eat fast food, and yet doctors would constantly recommend cutting these out and “lifestyle changes”.

Allopurinol is the only thing keeping me from being bedridden on days I can feel a flare up.