GOUT...this s&%$ hurts.

Worse use of ever.

That's not pimp, and nobody wants to hear that shite.

I'm out

How is gout messing you up? What's it do?

Steroid injection into the joint. Or take Medrol dose pack as soon as you feel anything if ok for u to take steroids. Colchicine sometimes helped, sometimes didn't. My body didn't like Indomethacin.

And drink tart or black cherry juice with plenty of water.

If u have frequent attacks, they will put u on Allopurinol. But Allopurinol is a preventative. It doesn't do any good in the middle of an attack.

All those years of dressing like a douche in a permanent mid life crisis have caught up

Uric acid literally crystalizes in your joints - typically your big toe, ankle, knee, wrist or elbows. It swells and is painful to the touch...the weight of a bed sheet will not allow you to sleep.

I am on Colchicine for attacks and have been prescribed Allopurinol for daily but until I can get this current attack under control, I cannot start the Allopurinol. Vicious circle.

Gout isn't an old person disease, by the way. I know several guys in the 30s with it.

Too much pimping

Go frick yourself

Gout forms crystals in your joints. Usually big toe, other places in hands, feet, some in elbows, knees. Crystals also form in kidneys. The crystals just sit there and hang out. When they get activated from either uric acid being too high or trauma to the affected joint, the inflammatory cells come in to join the party. That is what causes all the swelling and pain.

So when you are flaring, you have to get some type of anti-inflammatory in you.

When you are not flaring you can take a preventative medicine like Allopurinol to stop the crystals from forming. If the crystals aren't hanging out in the joints the less problems u will have.

Alcohol, stop. That easy.