Colchicine - Uses, Side Effects, and More - WebMD
This medication is used to prevent or treat gout attacks (flares). Usually gout symptoms develop suddenly and involve only one or a few joints. The big toe, knee , or ankle joints are most...
Colchicine: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Warnings - Drugs.com
Generic forms of colchicine (colchicine 0.6 mg) have been used to treat or prevent attacks of gout, or to treat symptoms of Behcet's syndrome (such as swelling, redness, warmth, and pain). Colchicine is not a cure for gouty arthritis or Behcet's syndrome, and it will not prevent these diseases from progressing.
Colchicine (oral route) - Mayo Clinic
2024年2月1日 · Colchicine is used to prevent or treat attacks of gout (also called gouty arthritis). This condition is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. An attack of gout occurs when uric acid causes inflammation (pain, redness, swelling, and heat) in a joint.
Colchicine: MedlinePlus Drug Information
Colchicine is used to prevent gout attacks (sudden, severe pain in one or more joints caused by abnormally high levels of a substance called uric acid in the blood) in adults. Colchicine (Colcrys) is also used to relieve the pain of gout attacks when they occur.
Colchicine: 7 things you should know - Drugs.com
2024年5月16日 · Colchicine is a medicine that is used to relieve the symptoms of gout. It is thought to work by blocking how our immune system responds to the presence of urate crystals in synovial fluid (the fluid between our joints). Colchicine may also reduce the effect of other inflammatory substances.
Gout - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2022年11月16日 · Your doctor may recommend colchicine (Colcrys, Gloperba, Mitigare), an anti-inflammatory drug that effectively reduces gout pain. The drug's effectiveness may be offset, however, by side effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Colchicine for gout attacks (dosage and side effects) - Patient
2024年6月2日 · Colchicine is an alternative treatment for gout attacks for those people who cannot take anti-inflammatory painkillers. Colchicine works by reducing the number of white blood cells which travel into the inflamed areas.
Colchicine | Side Effects, Dosage, Uses & More - Healthline
2018年9月29日 · Colchicine is used to treat the symptoms of gout or familial Mediterranean fever. Familial Mediterranean fever is passed down in families. It can cause inflammation (pain and...
Colchicine: medicine used to treat gout - NHS
Find out how colchicine treats inflammation and pain caused by gout and how to take it. NHS medicines information on colchicine – what it's used for, side effects, dosage and who can take it.
Colchicine 0.6 Mg/5 Ml Oral Solution - Uses, Side Effects, and More - WebMD
Colchicine works by decreasing swelling and lessening the buildup of uric acid crystals that cause pain in the affected joint (s).Colchicine is not a pain medication. Do not use it to relieve...