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What does it do?

This product is used in the treatment and management of gout. It works to decrease the amount of uric acid deposits in the body.

Last text update: 2011-10-04

Last data update: 2012-01-14

Usage:

Colchicine is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.

Gout	90%
Osteoarthritis	16%

General Information:

7.3: Colchicine Average Satisfaction Score

77% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Colchicine.
18% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Colchicine

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I also have to take Colchicin for Gout and the recent action taken by FDA to take this medicine out is causing a lot of aggravation. From pennies a pill now it goes up to about $5.00 a pill. Being a 76 year old retired man I can hardly afford to pay for it. I wish out senators and congressmen will do something about it. But with the Republican/Tea Party in control of Congress I doubt that anything will be done for us old folks. Someone please do something.

76 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-09-28 22:54:02

I was taking one allopurinol & 1 colchicine a day with absolutely no problems and the gout was kept under control. Take away the colchicine, and I'm starting to develop some very painful symptons of gout. Simply put, I cannot afford the new product because my insurance will not pay for it with out a significant co-payment. Are there any ways to get the FDA to stop kissing up to the drug manufactures and getting colchicine back in the pharmacy where it belongs??? There was no valid reason to stop the mfg. & sale of colchicine!

69 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-08-08 16:12:50

I, too, was prescribed allopurinol ("I want you to stay on it for a good while," my doctor said), but immediately got a very bad gout attack (one that cannot be described as a "flare-up"); it affected both knees and both ankles, and progressively worsened for a month, until I was completely wheelchair-bound. I stopped the allopurinol, and immediately started recovering. A different doctor prescribed colchicine (as I have become allergic to indomethacin), and although I have flare-ups occasionally, the colchicine takes care of them within a day.

53 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2010-11-16 22:54:29

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