Natural remedies for Gout

[Tink3815]

My husband is in the middle of a gout episode and we leave for our Disney cruise in 3 weeks.
He can not take conventional RX's beacuse of the Niacan he takes.
He does do the cherry pills but went off them for a few days and ate shrimp at a buffet. 2 days later -flareup.
Does anyone know of any other natural supplements or foods that will help?

 

[vicki_c]

My husband eats the dried cherries (not pills) when he has a flare, but he takes the RX medication as well, so I'm not sure how much they help. Such a sucky chronic illness, isn't it? It's just about the only time I have ever seen my husband crying in 20 years.

 

[Tink3815]

May I ask which RX he takes? I only know of the one you need to take continually to let alevate the Uric acid.

 

[QueenRocks]

My husband takes allopurinol (I think that is the spelling).

 

[allyphoe]

MIL says golden raisins soaked in gin (which Google says is Dr. Oz's arthritis cure, but MIL says it works for gout, too).

 

[vicki_c]

My husband takes allopurinol (I think that is the spelling).

That is also what my DH takes. He has not tried that one I see on TV that you take all the time (with the guy carrying around his flask of uric acid!).