Very bad Attack, Need advice

[Enlight]

I am having my 4th gout attack in the big toe. I had the first two attacks during the winter of 2009/10 and the third on around August 1 2010 on my left foot.

This time is on my right toe, but it is really bad. The pulsating and throbbing will not even let me sleep.

Just wondering what your best advice to at least cool the joint down.

Thanks

[Zenbimmer]

I started treating my gout with taking Ibuprofen, Colchcine , Apo-allopurinol and all of them gave me mild to server side effect and I hate become a medication reliant. Then I started to try home remedies like baking soda (which almost kill me and I ended up in ER because my BP shoot up to 200/123 in 2 days of drinking baking soda), potatoes extracted juice, Lemon juice, carrot and corn juice, eating lot of eggplant, drinking lot of skim milk and avoiding any seafood, meat, egg yolk, anything with yeast and flour, no beans, peas or nuts, no citrus food, no soft drink, no coffee or tea, etc. Guess what? After my initial attack seems to subside after 10 days, and after all these efforts, my joint flared up and the pain started again! I am extremely disappointed and more frustrated than ever, what am I going to do now, only eat AIR and DUST? Finally, I came across a web site that suggested consuming dark skin cherries, cherries juice, cherry fruit extract or tart cherry filling to tackle gout. At first, I am skeptical about it due to all the fail promises! WOW, but let me let me tell you my fellow gout sufferers, I went out and bought 1 bottle of 500mg(90 capsules) Cherry fruit extract pill and started taking 2 capsules 3 times a day, and guess what? My swollen and pain was subsided after just 4 dosages, and with drinking a cup 8 oz. of water (maliciously) every hour. I am going to continue doing this and would report the result to you in the future, so far the Cherry remedy is the most effective relief and hope by far, and without worrying any long-term side effect, cheers!

[tiger2118]

Gout left untreated can cause many serious problems, I would highly recomend seeing a rheumatoligist. It will only get worse without proper treatment. Your body is for whatever reason producing too much uric acid and this overage is being deposited into your body. The longer you wait to treat this issue the more damage it can cause your body. The risk of the meds out weigh the side effects for taking it. I would get a gout attack every time I moved too fast. About five months ago I went to a rheumatoligist and OMG it was the best thing I have ever done. He first put me on colchicine for a couple of weeks to stop the attacks. Then I started alenpurinal and now I take them together until my body rids the excess crystals in my body. He said this could take over a year to do. The easy part is to balance your blood and the hard part is to get it out of your joints,