If you're like me - and recently recovered from a prolonged gout attack, you are probably nervously wondering what you have to do to make sure you never go through this unusually painful, crippling trauma all over again. It's bad enough when a gout attack gets you down for 3-5 days, but when the swelling and pain lasts for several weeks, it can be a life changing experience - one that you don't ever want to go through again. The question then becomes, can you prevent a gout attack with reasonable changes to your lifestyle that won't completely take the food, drink and fun completely out of your life? I am convinced you can. From my last, and most lengthy gout attack, I learned there are five Rules we should pay attention to in order to avoid re-occurrence of this burdensome ailment:
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Follow up on Gout and Indocin

Last week I wrote about using Aleve vs. the standard Indocin Prescription for treating Gout. Taking two Aleve at a time worked for a while, though it was causing tremendous stomach upset. My gut was gurgling like the boiler room at a convention center. What's worse, is that the Aleve stopped working. My toe was incredibly inflamed and sensitive which made it nearly impossibly to sleep. I finally broke down on Saturday and went to an urgent care facility where I was prescribed Indocin. I was hoping for a steroid shot, but the doctor assured me that Indomethacin was more effective for treating gout than any other pain reliever. I limped out of the doctor's office and headed to the pharmacist to get my prescription filled. Was it effective?

 
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In my week-long search for gout pain relief I discovered Capzasin-HP which is a specific brand of capsaicin cream for treating arthritic joint and other body aches and pains. When our body parts hurt we are looking for instant relief. Oral medications have two problems:

1. They take time to work.
2. They have side effects which tend to make other body parts like our stomach hurt.

Capzasin is a popular brand of capsaicin cream (made from the capsaicin chemical in peppers) for treating arthritic and various other types of body, joint aches and pains. The "HP" stands for High Potency which at a mere .1% may seem curious until you've tried it. The active ingredient in much of the arthritic and other pain creams somewhat helps by masking the pain with a soothing, warming or icy cold sensation on the affected areas. Capsaicin Cream or Capzasin HP is a little bit different. The active ingredient is the actual hot capsaicin or capsicum extracted from chili peppers and made into an arthritic cream. Since the active amount of capsaicin in Capzasin HP is only .1% you might wonder how such a small percentage could possibly do any good, but you can instantly feel the hot pepper go to work on your skin. In fact, if you don't wash your hands thoroughly after applying it, you will be reminded of it the minute you touch your face or eyes with your finger. Unsure, about putting hot peppers on your skin? Try this: Myo-Med Pain Cream.

 
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Indocin For Gout

Anybody who has ever had a gout flare-up, even once,  knows all about those little, green prescription capsules known as Indomethacin or Indocin. Women talk about how painful child birth is, but believe me, gout might make that a distant second when it comes to pain-scale ratings. Gout feels like you are giving birth to a 10lb shard of glass through one of your toes. The first time I had gout and visited my doctor, I didn’t begin to feel any gout pain relief until I had taken my 2nd Indocin pill which was prescribed 3 times daily. If you get gout infrequently like me, it is a cause for full-scale panic when it flares up and you realize your prescription for Indomethacin is either expired or past its effective shelf life which is only about 3 years. Believe me that shelf life really means something. Last time I had gout, and started using a 7 year old prescription of expired Indocin, I was not getting any relief after the second dose. I might have experienced a very painful lesson had I not learned that there is something just as effective as and reportedly safer than Indocin for Gout.

 
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I didn't have to read one, single Sustenex Review before embracing these affordable probiotics as my favorite. While not everyone agrees with me, you'll be hard pressed to find scientific evidence that Sustenex Ganeden BC30 is not an effective active ingredient for improving digestion and IBS symptoms like diarrhea, bloating and heart burn. You can buy a box of 30 Sustenex Probiotics for under $14.00. This is less than half of what some of the premium brands like, Align, cost. I've looked at Align Reviews and they were very impressive, but not enough to make me switch from a probiotic that has been successful for me. I did read one very unfavorable review on Sustenex from a so-called expert that claimed these probiotics couldn't be any good because they only contain one active culture: Ganeden BC30 Bacillus Coagulans. Each Sustenex Capsule does indeed contain 2 Billion viable cells of Ganeden BC30 Bacillus Coagulans,  but nothing else. Shucks, if that's all it has, how can it possibly work? I'm no scientific expert but I think someone is paying a little bit too much attention to biology when it comes to probiotic reviews. There is really only one Sustenex Review that matters: Does it work? Let's look at the only Sustenex Review that counts: User Results.

 
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