Composition
Tab: Colchicine 500 mcg (0.5 mg).
Indications & Dosage
Acute gout: Adult: 500 mcg 2-4 times a day until symptoms relieved, max. 6mg per course, do not repeat course within 3 days. Short-term prophylaxis during initial therapy with allopurinol and uricosuric drugs: Adult: 500 mcg twice daily. Prophylaxis of familial Mediterranean fever (recurrent polyserositis): Adult: 0.5-2 mg once daily. Children: Not recommended.
Contraindications
Blood disorder
Precautions
GI disease, cardiac disease, hepatic impairment, renal impairment, elderly
Interactions
Cyclosporin.
Pregnancy
Contraindicated in pregnancy
Lactation
Caution advised
Side Effects
Nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, excessive doses may also cause profuse diarrhoea, GI haemorrhage, rashes, renal and hepatic damage. Rare: peripheral neuritis, myopathy, alopecia, inhibition of spermatogenesis, and with prolonged treatment blood disorders.