Colchicine use is associated with a modest reduction in the long-term risk for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) among individuals with gout, according to study findings published in Arthritis & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Colchicine is one of the oldest medicines with potent anti-inflammatory functions, widely used to treat rheumatic diseases such as gout, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPDD), and familial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Secondary prevention of CVD with colchicine is a major focus for the cardiology community, especially after ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The gout drug colchicine is safe for women to take during pregnancy, report researchers from Israel. In addition to the debilitating joint disorder gout, the ...

Can you explain the recent confusion surrounding the generic availability of colchicine? Why is there only 1 brand of colchicine product available? It is also important to note that colchicine often ...

(Reuters Health) - The inflammation-fighting drug colchicine, already a treatment for gout, dramatically reduces the odds of future cardiovascular problems in people who have just survived a heart ...

Colchicine is a commonly used drug to treat gout. It has been shown to produce an inhibitory effect on NLRP3 inflammasome. Inflammasomes play a role in inducing inflammation, and they are activated in ...

In June the U.S. FDA approved colchicine (Lodoco) as the first anti-inflammatory drug for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes among people with established heart disease or multiple risk ...