[SAJ]

The time I found out about this, it was the dead of winter. No fresh cherries, so I tried canned ones. They worked well enough to let me get to sleep that night. Ate a whole 15 oz can (I think 15 oz). And another the next day.

Fresh are undoubtedly more effective, though, in my experience. None of that blasted corn syrup, either (g!).

Yah, I know ibuprofen doesn't help everyone. The stuff your doc gave you is killer, though (can't recall the name); supposed to work well for everybody. My **former** doc lectured me about it one day (that was his style -- bloody thought he was G-d, everything was a lecture).

[Bernard Marx]

All kinds of cherries seem to work but since they're seasonal we keep bags of the sun-dried kind on hand. In CA we get tasty ones at Trader Joe's - no preservatives or added sugar. They freeze well too.

I think the drug most commonly prescribed to stop gout attacks these days is indomethicin. It's called "super aspirin." Ibuprofen is often prescribed for joint inflammation too but it's bad for the liver.