It is sad to read, hear and see people just fall out to this disease. Back to good old days where our ancestors ate more natural foods there were not many such problems.
I have had a very severe chronic gout for more than 20yrs. And that drugs came to no effect. I discovered and have been using wild lingzhi (reishi is known to japanese) as nutritional herb for more than 10yrs. I reversed my gout gradually to no attack and never take any drugs for same period. I use wild lingzhi also to treat other problems - a truly health companion for my family. Know what you take. Take sliced wild lingzhi not cultivated one. Although out of 10,000 dead tree trunks only few will grow but the plants have high nutritional level.
Go to lingzhi website (ganoderma lucidum) to find more.