Overview: Colchicine tablets, capsules, and liquid are used to reduce complications from coronary artery disease, treat Familial Mediterranean Fever, and treat or prevent gout attacks. The most ...

Inflammation is associated with adverse cardiovascular events. Data from recent trials suggest that colchicine reduces the risk of cardiovascular events. In this multicenter trial with a 2-by-2 ...

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, ...

Any cardiovascular protection from colchicine in heart attack survivors seemed to be debunked with a better-powered ...

BASEL, SWITZERLAND — The anti-inflammatory agent colchicine failed to show significant benefit in the treatment of patients with non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke in the primary analysis of the ...

The FDA approved colchicine (Lodoco) for cardiovascular prevention in adults with established atherosclerotic disease or multiple risk factors, making it the first anti-inflammatory medicine with ...

Bowman also researched colchicine, a drug typically used to treat gout, on his digital devices, according to the complaint. On Aug. 10, he converted Betty Bowman’s body weight into kilograms and ...

A Minnesota doctor who had worked for a poison control center was charged this week in the poisoning death of his wife, who died from a lethal dose of the highly toxic gout medication, colchicine.

BASEL, Switzerland—Low-dose colchicine doesn’t significantly reduce MACE in patients who have had a nonsevere ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA, according to the results of the CONVINCE trial. Through ...

The drug colchicine has been used for more than 2,000 years to treat the fiery joint-pain ailment called gout. It also is a remedy for a genetic disorder called familial Mediterranean fever ...