gout, acute
"I've had gout for many, many years.  I cut sugar completely out of my diet, and my gout has been mostly a thing of the past.  The one thing I always forget is that my 1x per year gout attack that I didn't take the Indomethacin in time.  Take it as SOON as you start to feel the pain.  Most importantly, my medication seems to only last 6 months.  Last night, I felt it coming on.  I took my Indomethacin, and nothing.  No relief.  Took three more today, no relief.  The prescription was from 01/29/2015.  Today is 02/18/2016.  So, in just over one year, my meds went bad.  I just picked up a prescription 4 hours ago.  Took one pill, and the gout is gone in 4 hrs .  So, pay attention to the shelf life.  I believe that it's short for this med."