 to ensure that the kidneys are working well that the inflammation is down that the uric acid levels are coming to line so that's what i do for individuals that i'll say are flying blind and are not testing their uric acid levels if you're testing by all means just stay on it until your numbers are are back into valence again so that is that that's the first place to start you know one of the interesting thing about our gout formula as just a little side story is um