Thanks for writing about the effects of aspirin and gout. I started taking 81mg aspirin once a day then upped it to 2 with the advice of a heart surgeon about 9 years ago. About 2 years after that I had my first very short bout with gout and I was told it was my "rich man's diet" it passed and I was fine. Then I had multiple attacks in the coming years with increased frequency and intensity still thinking it was my diet I started to pare back but it only got worse. Now fast forward to about 2 years ago my attacks were getting much worse, so I started taking tart cherry which is high in salicylic acid and that compounded the problem, but I didn't know it did that yet. After much online research I came to the conclusion it was the aspirin causing my problem and after I stopped taking it in about 3 days I notice the swelling going down and in about 3 weeks almost all the symptoms of gout were gone. I even put it to the test and ate enough meat to end world hunger in one sitting and no attacks. It's been about 2 years now and no gout attacks at all. I tried more tart cherry and I did notice a slight inclination of gout in my ankle and discontinued it and the feeling went away. Thanks for your time and I hope this helps someone else.