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 ...

This interview is a translation of a video discussion posted on Medscape France. It has been edited for clarity. Michel Zeitouni, MD, MSc: Hello. I am Michel Zeitouni, a cardiologist at the ...

Public spending on colchicine has grown exponentially over the past decade despite generics suggesting an uphill slog for patients seeking access to long-term therapy for gout or cardiac conditions.

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, ...

Historical use of colchicine, or its precursors, dates back several thousand years, with reports appearing in records from ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Arabic physicians. Although colchicine has been ...

A press release from a Canadian research group raised hopes that treating people recently diagnosed with Covid-19 with colchicine, a drug commonly used to treat gout, could reduce the risk they will ...

An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements. That's the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults ...

Taxpayer dollars spent on colchicine have spiked thanks to a regulatory quirk that enabled a company to exclusively market the centuries-old drug and allowed other manufacturers to follow suit. US ...

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 ...

A drug used to treat gout is being investigated to see if it can treat Covid-19 in hospitalised patients. Anti-inflammatory treatment colchicine has been added to the list of the drugs being tested as ...