Gout is associated with several comorbidities linked to poor outcomes in COVID ... Prophylactic colchicine usage was defined as taking 0.5 g colchicine once or twice daily ≥1 month at any time during ...

Perspective from David A. McLain, MD, MACR, FACP, FRCP Colchicine for gout flare prophylaxis reduces the risk for cardiovascular events among patients initiating urate-lowering therapy ...

Colchicine may Reduce CV Event Risk with Urate-Lowering Therapy for Gout, suggests a study published in The Lancet Rheumatology. Researchers have found in a new study that colchicine may Reduce CV ...

For those living with joint pain, there’s some good news. A recent study suggests that a pill called colchicine might help ...

then to increase to 300 mg daily for 6 weeks and then to review the serum urate level and adjust the dose to achieve the target level of 0.36 mmol/l, with colchicine being continued after a period ...

Colchicine, a cheap and readily available anti-inflammatory drug used to treat diseases such as gout, is to be investigated as a potential therapy for COVID-19 in the UK’s ground-breaking ...

Patients with debilitating gout are being failed by the NHS because of outdated practices which mean they are prescribed only a third of the medication they need, experts claim.

Allopurinol was prescribed at an average daily dose of >200 mg or ⩽300 mg in 63.3% of patients in the ... 27 32 The relationship between flares and the recommended7 27 prophylactic use of low-dose ...

Diagnosis Tophaceous gout associated with urate nephropathy ... Upon admission to hospital, her therapy consisted of acetaminophen 3 g daily, colchicine 1 mg daily, omeprazol 20 mg daily and ...