I have had gout for many years controlled by Colchicine when it only cost pennies per pill. I wondered if there was a connection between gout and neuropathy. After 20 years or so of coping with gout and an active life style of lifting weights and running in competitions. I was seized at the right ankle and never able to relax it. This was during a time doctors had decided acid was causing gout. They switched me to Uloric from colchicine. A diagnosis of PN was made after tests. My gout doctor immediately suspected the Uloric and stopped it. It was too late. Now I have gone through the PN for years with progression upward from the feet to balance problems. I still cling to the only thing that I believe has any beneficial effect - exercise - I still lift weights and run on the treadmill, waiting for a gifted medical scientist to suffer the problem and invent a cure. However, I can't wait much longer - I'm 92 years old.