Dmitry, there’s an odd statement a couple paragraphs before the Conclusion in the posted case study. It says, “. Nicotinic acid decreases the excretion of uric acid. For this reason, I suggested that it be tried for the treatment of gout, but no trials have as yet been reported.“

That doesn’t square with my experience as I’ve taken up to…

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To clarify, I had paused the protocol to try other options to reduce the swelling and especially the pain. Over a few days I experienced a slight reduction in both but I make no claim that potassium was what did it. It could have just as well have been diet (eliminating added sugar and hyperglycemic foods and abstinence from alcohol – which…

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Treating gout with this protocol is an act of faith. There is so much (mis)information on the internet regarding niacin as a cause of gout/hyperuricemia. It’s either misinformation or incomplete information. Taking the N/G leap before my gout symptoms were completely cleared was a very difficult decision for me but I eventually bit…

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Same lunch as the day before. Some chicken, mozzarella slices/tomato/basil.

No matter. I backed off to a total of 10/12 yesterday and everything was fine. For the next 10 days it’ll be 2.5/3 as I travel.

Upped dosage today to 2X 8/9.6. The first dose after breakfast was smooth, almost no flush. The second, about five hours later after lunch, however, caused upset stomach/loose bowels. I suppose that’s a sign to level off a bit.

Quick update

I’ve moved up to 6/7.2 twice a day. Swelling is 100% gone in my right foot, 90+% in the left. No pain. Left foot has a small knob (nob?) at the big toe joint, right has a really small one but both seem to be down from their peak size.

Despite what it says on Mayo Clinic’s website, niacin is not causing a build up of uric acid, even…

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Yes, that was it. I logged out of the Crowdcast app, clicked on the link in the email notification and everything worked as it should.

Thank you.

Dmitry, I can access the podKats and Newcomers, etc. on my computer but on using the Crowdcast app on my iPhone. I’ll have to play around with clearing cache or maybe uninstalling/reinstalling the app to see if that will allow the phone to access. Right now when I click on the video links, the system is asking me for a passcode (Again, on…

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How do you access the archived crowdcast and podkats videos? Where are they located(link) and do they require a passcode? They must be hiding in my blind spot.

Just wonder, Kathryn, how your husband is doing. I myself suffered through a prolonged gout flare in both feet simultaneously, by far the worst of my life. I am categorically averse to any prescriptions including allopurinol.

But now coming out of the hideous gout flare up under DK’s guidance I’ve built up to today’s dose of 7 g N/8.3 g G and…

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Your posts above are spot on* and I thank you for them.

My amateurish research kept showing a connection between hyperglycemia/IR and gout. You are digging this out. And I’ve experienced some of this – there can be a log of up to 24-36 hours from the time I eat a higher carb/high glycemic meal and when I get either a tightness in my foot/feet…

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Sincere thanks to you for taking all the time to respond to my concerns. I truly appreciate the depth of your dedication here.

I decided to give the N/G protocol a fredh start tomorrow as 1) I haven’t yet gotten distilled water and 2) I was going to using my feet very much today and, if they ended the day tired/ sore/swollen (which they…

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With all due respect, before you determined the 1/1.2 ratio of N/G, you told me via Telegram group to go 10 g N/30 g G. It made the flare up worse. So I’m not emotionally ready to go 5N/6G yet.

Is this approach supposed to lower my Uric acid, increase uric excretion or work by some other pathway? Not being obstinate but I’d appreciate further…

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I am 6 weeks into a two-footed gout attack, worst by far of my life and only the second in the last five years. At the onset, I was moving up to 5 grams Niacin with (the then current) Lactoferrin and Folic acid protocol. A few days after the attack began, my Pure Bulk Glutamine arrived and I immediately switched over. Pain and swelling were…

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