| Most of us who suffer with frequent gout attacks | | | | herbal supplements for the same results. |
| think that the most logical conclusion is to get doctor | | | | Other alternatives to high priced prescribed gout |
| prescribed medication to help treat the condition. | | | | medicine? |
| However, did you know that there are herbal cures | | | | In the same study, the respondents were asked to |
| for gout that work just as well as their prescription | | | | rate several natural remedies to gout on a scale of 1 |
| based counterparts? | | | | to 5 with 5 being the most effective. Out of the 120 |
| Well, the jury is in and it is good news for those who | | | | questioned, the most top natural remedy for those |
| suffer from gout attacks. A recent study of 120 | | | | polled was cherry juice, followed by baking soda, |
| people who had frequent gout attacks were asked | | | | celery seed extract and finally activated charcoal. All |
| to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 how effective prescribed | | | | of these herbal alternatives were on par with |
| medications were compared to their herbal | | | | Allopurinol, Probenecid and NSAIDS in terms of |
| counterparts. The results? Of all the prescribed | | | | controlling gout symptoms. |
| medications, Prednisone scored the highest with a 4.4 | | | | What does this mean? |
| rating. Anturane scored the lowest in its | | | | The point of this article is to show that there are |
| effectiveness for treating gout. | | | | alternatives to using steroids and other prescribed |
| In contrast, both gout care and Urinex scored | | | | medications for gout and that most of these |
| comparable results as an effective alternative to | | | | medications, when compared side by side, aren't |
| prescription based medications like Prednisone. This is | | | | more beneficial than treating gout using herbal |
| significant because it means that gout sufferers don't | | | | supplements and common natural gout treatments |
| have to spend their money on high priced doctor | | | | that many view as "folk medicine. |
| prescribed medicines and can opt for alternative | | | | |