Colchicine
Indications
- Acute gout
- Short-term prophylaxis of gout during initial therapy with allopurinol and uricosuric drugs
- Prophylaxis of familial Mediterranean fever (recurrent polyserositis) (under expert supervision)
Drug Interactions
14 drug interactions identified for Colchicine. Check the full interaction details, severity ratings, and clinical recommendations in the MedNext app.
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Cautions
Cardiac disease; elderly; gastro-intestinal disease Cautions, further information Elderly Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria to aid medication re...
Side Effects
Common or very common Abdominal pain; diarrhoea; nausea; vomiting Frequency not known Agranulocytosis; alopecia; bone marrow disorders; gastrointestinal haemorrhage; kidney injury; liver injury; menst...
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset
Last reviewed: 2026
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