Understanding Colchicine

Uses

It is clear that this medication treats gout! Specifically, it is approved for gout flares in adults. Some brands of this medication even help prevent future gout attacks. Colchicine also treats familial Mediterranean fever. Of course, patients must be at least four years old to take it! In this condition, this medication prevents chest, joint, and abdominal pain. Some Behcet's syndrome patients will take colchicine for redness, swelling, and pain.

This medication also has 'off-label' uses. Examples include coronary artery disease, pericarditis, and certain forms of cirrhosis! Other ones are pseudogout and Paget's disease. This medication even helps prevent post-pericardial syndrome.

Discover this medication's side effects next.