I have been prescribed this Med before, but always only for short periods of time. I tolerated it just fine.
Pity to anyone who has gout. I got an attack out of no where three years ago. I had no idea what happened and thought I broke my leg somehow. It was the most painful thing I ever experienced. Changed my diet and gave up beer and haven’t had an attack since.
There were some interesting comments on askapatient. I thought Colchicine was out of distribution years ago. I’m still confused. In my previous comment the dosage was .6 mg and was labeled Colchicine, not the newest version.
https://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=22352&name=COLCRYS
That’s a strange one because Celebrex was also an anti-inflammatory, but it caused heart attacks.
Regular exercise does it better, had no side effects and IS FREE.
If you’re going to start on Colchicine, make sure you have an extra pair or two of underwear trunks on hand!
It can also KILL you.
My wife has “pseudo gout” in her knees. A doctor prescribed Colchicine and when she starts to feel pain, she takes it for 2 days and it’s usually good for another month or two - effective and cheap...like drugs should be.
If I remember my history correctly, Colchicine originally was brought from Colchis, an area on the east coast of the Black Sea which is now Turkey. It is the Golden Fleece that Jason and the Argonauts were seeking perhaps 3,000 years ago. It was from the pollen of certain crocus flowers and is illustrated in some ancient artwork from the volcanic island, Thera, which violently erupted perhaps 2,500 or more years ago. Interesting that Big Pharma is rediscovering ancient wisdom.