Interested in gout

I agree that there is conflicting info from the medical establishment -- my
physician has told me on numerous occasions to NOT take allopurinol during a
gout attack. On a personal level, I'm pretty young (32) to even have it,
and I've only been aware that I have it for the last two years (diagnosed
and on meds for year). During that time, I've only had two attacks -- both
before I was placed on allopurinol. Since I've been on the meds, there has
only been a couple of times that I "felt" one coming on -- and I beat it
with water, colchicine, and anti-inflammatories -- and stopping the allo for
the day or two I could feel "the sensations" and because of my other
interventions, the "attacks" never worsened.
There are people who've had it longer and certainly know more about it than
I, but this has been my experience, and the advice of my physician. It
works for me, and until it doesn't any longer, this is the way I'll keep
treating it. My physician explained to me that the mechanics of allopurinol
can actually exacerbate an attack in progress (make it worse quicker) --
although, logically, it would not seem so.
Jay