Overview: Colchicine tablets, capsules, and liquid are used to reduce complications from coronary artery disease, treat Familial Mediterranean Fever, and treat or prevent gout attacks. The most common ...

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, with worldwide prevalence of approximately four%. The accumulation of ...

Historical use of colchicine, or its precursors, dates back several thousand years, with reports appearing in records from ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Arabic physicians. Although colchicine has been ...

Colchicine oral tablet is available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name Colcrys. It also comes in capsules that are also available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name: ...

Colchicine, a generic prescription tablet used for gout and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), can cause side effects. These can include mild side effects such as diarrhea and nausea. Or they can ...

NEW YORK — New insights into colchicine's disruption of the pathway that contributes to arterial inflammation and new clinical studies of the drug could pave the way toward greater use of the ...

WASHINGTON — Colchicine does not protect against major cardiovascular adverse events after an acute myocardial infarction, according to a multinational placebo-controlled trial of more than 7000 ...

Colchicine is effective for the treatment of recurrent pericarditis. However, conclusive data are lacking regarding the use of colchicine during a first attack of acute pericarditis and in the ...

Taxpayer dollars spent on colchicine have spiked thanks to a regulatory quirk that enabled a company to exclusively market the centuries-old drug and allowed other manufacturers to follow suit. US ...

Colchicine is a generic prescription medication used to prevent gout flares and treat familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in adults and certain children. Like most drugs, colchicine can cause side ...