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In looking up remedies for gout I came across the advice to avoid fructose.
It seems that fructose is in almost everything.  Also, it is recommended
that BLACK cherries help relieve the symptoms. David


On 8/25/08 3:27 PM, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A work-colleague got relief from gout by eating cherries (mostly as jam) daily
> for several weeks - not a cure but he was able to dump the painkillers.
> (He didn't have PD)
> Apparently there's a countering agent in the fruit.
> 
> Quoting New User <[log in to unmask]>:
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>>> I was wondering if any of the PD members on the list have the experience
>> of
>> having gout.  Recently I developed the classical tenderness and swelling in
>> my
>> big toe.  In researching this disease on the net, I discovered to my
>> surprise
>> that gout can occur as a side-effect of taking levodopa.  Since I have been
>> taking this drug every day for five years under 4 different doctors
>> supervision,
>> I feel a little put out that I had to develop the symptom to learn about the
>> side-effect.  Yours truly, David
>> 
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