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 ...

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.

WASHINGTON -- If you're looking for nonsurgical osteoarthritis (OA) treatments with fewer side effects than ordinary pain relievers, two randomized trials presented here with negative results should ...

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 ...

Acetaminophen use, which was allowed as needed, was not taken less often by patients assigned to colchicine. (HealthDay News) — Colchicine fails to improve knee pain, function, or size of synovial ...

Gout patients who take colchicine at the start of urate-lowering therapy have a lower risk for cardiovascular events than those who do not receive prophylaxis. The risk for cardiovascular events was ...

Depending on one’s perspective, the anti-inflammatory colchicine is either an unsung and underprescribed drug for patients with cardiovascular disease, or it’s an agent with limited clinical benefit ...

The colchicine-binding domain (CBD) of tubulin, one of the earliest identified regulatory sites, remains underexplored in oncology despite its proven success in other therapeutic areas. Drugs ...

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 29, 2024 – The largest trial to examine the impact of colchicine in acute myocardial infarction (MI) found that both acute and long-term colchicine use did not reduce ...

(Boston)—Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, with worldwide prevalence of approximately four%. The accumulation of monosodium urate crystals in gout leads to the clinical ...

A recent review found that low dose colchicine may help prevent heart attacks and strokes in individuals who already have cardiovascular disease. The review also found that colchicine likely doesn’t ...