I also was unhappy with allopurinol and its side effects. I tried eating fresh cherries, which helped delay a repeat attack, but I had to eat 29 cherries at a time during an attack, Then I found CherryActive Montmorency Cherry Juice concentrate. One glass of diluted concentrate each day and I have been gout free for many months Clive ...

A reader has been taking 200 mg of allopurinol daily for the past two years to avoid gout attacks.  However, she has recently developed cataracts, possibly caused by the allopurinol binding to the lens of the eye.  She is now keen to find an alternative way to control gout.  What do readers suggest? A traditional remedy for gout is ...