Editorial Policy
Last updated: September 2026
This page explains how Uric Well produces, reviews and publishes its content. Gout is a subject where bad information has consequences you can count — someone abandons a urate-lowering drug because a sales page told them diet alone would do it, and three years later has tophi and damaged joints. So our method belongs in the open.
Who writes this site
Uric Well is written and edited by a small team of health content editors. None of us is a doctor, a rheumatologist or a registered dietitian. We do not employ a “medical review board”, and we do not put invented credentials under articles to make them look authoritative. Where a question needs clinical judgement, we say so and point you to a clinician.
How we source
Our first stop for anything clinical is guideline-level material: the American College of Rheumatology gout guideline, EULAR’s recommendations, NICE and NHS guidance, and NIAMS. For specific questions we go to systematic reviews and randomised trials in preference to single observational studies, and we name the study type when it matters — “one small crossover trial” and “a meta-analysis of 14 randomised trials” are not the same sentence and we do not blur them.
How we handle numbers
- We do not invent statistics. If we cannot find a figure we trust, we describe the direction of the effect instead of fabricating a percentage.
- Prices are always approximate and dated: “around $49 at the time of writing”. They change.
- Where a marketing claim states a precise figure that the literature does not support, we say so and give the published number.
What we will not publish
- That gout can be cured. Gout can be controlled — often to zero attacks — which is a better and truer claim.
- Any suggestion that a reader stop or reduce a prescribed medication on the strength of an article.
- Claims that a food, drink or supplement will end an attack in progress.
- “Detox”, “flush out the crystals” or “reverse gout in 7 days” framing.
- Fabricated testimonials, invented case studies or borrowed credentials.
How we review products
Our product reviews are based on the vendor’s official information, pricing and policies. We do not claim to have hands-on tested every product, and each review says what it is built from. Where a vendor or publisher has given us a copy of a product, the page says what we read; otherwise we have not read or tested it. If a vendor or owner offers us access, we will read it and update the page, saying what we read. Method last updated: 16 October 2026.
Affiliate content
Some articles contain affiliate links; if you buy through one, we may earn a commission. We disclose that at the foot of every article that carries one and in full on our affiliate disclosure page.
The rule we hold ourselves to is that the commercial relationship does not change the verdict. Our review of the one product we earn from spends several paragraphs criticising its own marketing, which is the test of whether a policy like this one is real or decorative.
Updates and corrections
Guidelines change and so does evidence. We revisit our most-read articles periodically and update them rather than leaving a stale page in place. If you spot an error, write to us through the contact page; we correct errors and, where the correction is material, we say what changed.
Our limits
Everything here is educational. It is not medical advice and it is not a substitute for a diagnosis, a blood test or a prescription. Please read our medical disclaimer.