Extreme Pain Of Gout Is Detrimental To Quality Of Life & Work , New Poll Shows

... Results of a new survey show that two-thirds (65 percent) of gout patients ranked their typical gout flares -- defined as a sudden, intense pain -- as either close to, or the worst pain possible and say that the flares last an average of eight days. Seventy-two percent reported having experienced at least one flare within the last 12 months. [click link for full article] ...