About a year ago, I wrote that I was no longer suffering from gout, and that is still the case. In the beginning, I took the bicarb-balance tablets, and for about the last five months, I've been using the Alkalife drops. In my opinion, they work just as well as the tablets. In February 2011, I suffered quite a bit from gout for about 12 days, and now, over a year later, with the help of the tablets and drops, I haven't experienced any pain attacks in either foot. I've pretty much forgotten about my gout history and can perform my work just fine again. Painkillers don't provide a long-term solution (they work in the short term), but these drops are definitely a solution for me. As long as they help, I will certainly continue to use them!