Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — The use of colchicine for gout flare prevention imparts a “modest” decrease in the risk for knee or ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Three trials presented at the European Society of ...

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, with a worldwide prevalence of approximately 4%. The accumulation of monosodium urate crystals in gout leads to the clinical manifestations of ...

Colchicine may be used with caution to manage flare-ups of crystal-induced arthritis among patients with severe chronic kidney disease, with dosage modifications and careful monitoring required.

The media reports that colchicine, a very old drug, has now been discovered to reduce the risk of recurrent heart disease and has a new FDA indication. Of course, the “discovery” has taken 10 years, ...

Credit: Getty Images. Colchicine use had declined 27% by 2019 compared with before the 2010 price increase. The large colchicine price increase in 2010 led to a decrease in its use. Hospital and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of the arteries to my heart. I am on a low-fat diet and take ramipril for cholesterol. My levels are very good (total ...

The recent US approval of a new low dose of colchicine 0.5 mg (Lodoco; Agepha Pharma) with a broad indication for use in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) represents a completely new ...

Due to a policy decision in 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the price of a prescription for the therapeutic gout drug colchicine increased nearly 16-fold from $11.25 in 2009 to ...

A large price increase for colchicine in 2010 led to a significant falloff in its use for gout that persisted for the next decade while emergency and rheumatology visits for gout rose, suggesting ...