Proper uric acid control is vital to gout management. To achieve it, you need to understand what uric acid is, and how you can monitor and change it. The best starting place is my page on Hyperuricemia - Excess Uric Acid.
Lower the uric acid
1st May 2008
I added a Reduce Uric Acid page, which emphasizes the vital need to lower uric acid. The page, in the Gout Information Section, has pointers to other important uric acid pages.