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 ...

Millions of people around the world live with aching knees or painful hips caused by osteoarthritis. The condition often develops slowly over many years and can make everyday activities such as ...

NEW YORK — New insights into colchicine's disruption of the pathway that contributes to arterial inflammation and new clinical studies of the drug could pave the way toward greater use of the ...

Any cardiovascular protection from colchicine in heart attack survivors seemed to be debunked with a better-powered randomized trial, researchers found. Between acute MI patients randomized to ...

WASHINGTON, DC—The short-term use of colchicine at the time of TAVI for severe aortic stenosis may curb the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and the need for a new permanent pacemaker, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients referred for PCI after acute heart attack, colchicine did not improve heart-related outcomes vs.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of the arteries to my heart. I am on a low-fat diet and take ramipril for cholesterol. My levels are very good (total ...

WASHINGTON — Colchicine does not protect against major cardiovascular adverse events after an acute myocardial infarction, according to a multinational placebo-controlled trial of more than 7000 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 25% of patients with gout who use colchicine prophylaxis were on potentially interacting medications.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two recent deaths, and possibly a third, from intravenous colchicine therapy at an alternative medicine clinic were the result of a compounding pharmacy error, health ...

Colchicine is a potent anti‐inflammatory agent widely employed in the treatment of gout and related conditions. However, its narrow therapeutic window renders it a considerable toxicological risk, ...