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Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory medication, used to treat or prevent acute gout attacks, according to the medical indication.
This remedy can be purchased in pharmacies, in generic or with the commercial name Colchis, in packs of 20 or 30 tablets, upon presentation of a prescription.
What is it for
Colchicine is a medication used to treat acute gout attacks and to prevent acute attacks in people with chronic gouty arthritis.
Find out what gout is, what causes and symptoms that can arise.
In addition, therapy with this medication can be indicated in Peyronie's disease, Mediterranean Family Fever and in cases of scleroderma, polyarthritis associated with sarcoidosis and psoriasis.
How to use
1. Old-fashioned
For the prevention of gout attacks, the recommended dose is 1 tablet of 0.5 mg, one to three times a day, orally. Gout patients undergoing surgery should take 1 tablet three times a day, every 8 hours, orally, 3 days before and 3 days after surgery.
For the relief of acute attack, the initial dose should be 0.5 mg to 1.5 mg followed by 1 tablet at 1 hour intervals, or 2 hours, until pain relief occurs or nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
Chronic patients can continue treatment with a maintenance dose of 2 tablets a day, every 12 hours, for up to 3 months, at the doctor's discretion.
The maximum dose reached should not exceed 7 mg daily.
2. Peyronie's disease
Treatment should be started with 0.5 mg to 1.0 mg daily, administered in one to two doses, which can be increased to 2 mg per day, administered in two to three doses.
Who should not use
This remedy should not be used in people with allergies to any of the components present in the formula, people with severe gastrointestinal, liver, kidney or heart diseases.
In addition, it should also not be used on children, pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding.
Possible side effects
The most common side effects that can occur with the use of this medication are diarrhea, vomiting and nausea, fatigue, headache, gout, cramps, abdominal pain and pain in the larynx and pharynx.
In addition, although it is more rare, hair loss, spinal depression, dermatitis, changes in clotting and liver, allergic reactions, increased creatine phosphokinase, lactose intolerance, muscle pain, reduction in the number of sperm, purple, destruction of muscle cells and toxic neuromuscular disease.