Originally Posted by
tnman1967 
Unfortunately my gout is not manageable without medication. I take a daily Allopurinol. Could be worse. My health in general is very good nowadays. I have lost weight and try to stay active. Before I was just drunk and consuming copious amounts of alcohol and empty calories.
Sorry to hear that, but it seems that Allopurinol is a pretty solid long-term solution anyways. Gout has one good side for me: I use it as a convenient excuse when people ask me why I’m not drinking - much easier than giving longwinding explanations!