gout, acute
"My gout experience spans 3 decades.  Colchicine was most effective in my early years of attacks but eventually lost effectiveness for me.  Allopurinal did not help.



Concerned with implications of side effects of pharmaceuticals, I modified diet and utilized supportive supplements  that proved effective except when I strayed from diet and imbibed in alcohol intake.



This week, after sick weeks of diet, crutch support and bed-rest with on and off improvement and then again relapse, I sought allopathic consultation. 



Prescribed 50mg Indomethacin twice daily and experienced dramatic reduction in symptoms of pain and swelling by second dose and near complete remission after 3rd dose.  Experiencing an alarming increase in BP, I discontinued."