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I suffer from severe gout. what are good medications and diet suggestions?
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Severe gout : Should be evaluated by a doctor. One must realize gout can have effects on your heart and kidney and not only a big toe joint, elbow or pinnacle of ear flare up.
Answered 3/23/2019
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Gout diet: Adjust diet. Take in tart cherry juice +tart cherries, 20/day. Add Lemon extract 4 tblspns/day. Avoid alcohol, animal fats, organ meats, anchovies, sardines, tuna, salmon, and shellfish. Limit other meats to 4 oz/day. Avoid high fructose corn syrup containing drinks and foods. Add egg whites, quinoa, soy as protein. Eat lots of citrus fruit and veggies. Drink 3 L /day. Allopurinol is usual med.
Answered 9/23/2014
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