Knee Pain

Be careful of ibuprofen, it can make your stomach bleed.
Sincerely,
sandy

Treatment of acute gout attacks usually requires heavy dosage of nsaids. Use of ibuprofen (brufen) to treat gout, american academy of family physician ( http://www.Aafp.Org/afp/990215ap/925.Html ) recommends 800 mg 4 times a day. The side effects of brufen are:

side effects and special precautions
dyspepsia, nausea, gastro-intestinal intolerance and bleeding may occur. Skin rashes of various types have been observed. Bronchospasm and cases of thrombocytopenia and agranulocytosis have been reported. Toxic amblyopia has occurred. Abdominal discomfort, blurred vision, depression, drowsiness, insomnia, nephrotic syndrome, other ocular reactions, peptic ulcer and pruritus may also occur.
Headache, dizziness, nervousness and other central effects, vomiting, diarrhoea, oedema and tinnitus may occur. Abnormalities of liver function tests and impairment of renal function have been observed. Acute allergic reactions have been reported.
Use with care in patients with bleeding disorders, cardiovascular disease, patients using anticoagulant medicines and in elderly patients. Acute reversible renal failure has been reported.
Use with care in patients with impaired renal function.
Use with care together with other protein-bound medicines (e.G. Tolbutamide, coumarin and hydantoin).

You can find gout info at http://www.Icuredmygout.Org . Take care.

Glad your knee is getting better. While baking soda increases the solubility of uric acid thus helps gout, it is not an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever. You need to take an nsaid for faster relief of inflammation and pain.

The best persons to answer your question on otc nsaids are the pharmacists in your local drugstores. In my experience, they are very knowledgeable and are very willing to help. Different nsaids work differently with different person. I stay with the one that is effective and has the least side effects to me. By the way, do not use aspirin (an nsaid) to treat gout. It will make gout worse (in low dosage) and can cause gi problems.