“Colchicine is an old old remedy for gout. It absolutely stops a gout attack for me. If I feel an attack coming on I take a regimen of 3 to 6 pills over a day. And it stops the attack. This happens to me maybe once or twice a year.
If anyone has ever had a full blown gout attack that may put you down for a week to ten days in excruciating pain, colchicine may be a miracle cure. It is for me!”
I have gout, and I’m on a daily regimen of 100mg Allopurinol. Like you, I will still get the occasional gout attack. On days when I feel one coming on, I’ll take an extra Allopurinol pill, and it usually goes away. If that doesn’t work, I’ll open my Colchicine bottle and pop a pill an hour for 4-6 hours, until the terrible stomach cramps and explosive diarrhea starts. After about 4 hours on the toilet, the gout pain goes away. I hate taking Colchicine, but a full-blown gout attack is just about the worst pain I’ve ever experienced.
I’ve found that if I avoid cashews I don’t have attacks. Other purine-rich foods might be similar.
As I hinted in the other comment, my bathroom expedition starts with the third tablet.