- What is it for
- How to use
- 1. Old-fashioned
- 2. Peyronie's disease
- Who should not use
- Possible side effects
Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory medication, used to treat or prevent acute gout attacks, according to the medical indication.
This medicine can be purchased in pharmacies, upon presentation of a prescription, for a price that varies between 20 to 60 reais, depending on the dosage and the size of the medicine's packaging.
What is it for
Colchicine is a drug used to treat acute gout attacks and to prevent acute attacks in people with chronic gouty arthritis.
In addition, therapy with this medication can be initiated in Peyronie's disease, Familial Mediterranean Fever and in cases of scleroderma, polyarthritis associated with sarcoidosis and psoriasis. See what is the Family Fever of the Mediterranean.
How to use
1. Old-fashioned
To prevent gout attacks, the recommended dose is one 0.5 mg tablet, one to three times a day, orally. Gout patients undergoing surgery should take 1 tablet three times a day, every 8 hours, orally, 3 days before and 3 days after surgery.
For the relief of the acute attack, the initial dose should be 0.5 mg to 1.5 mg followed by 1 tablet at 1 hour intervals, or 2 hours, until pain relief occurs or nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
Chronic patients can continue treatment with a maintenance dose of 2 tablets a day, every 12 hours, for up to 3 months, at the doctor's discretion.
The maximum dose reached should not exceed 7 mg daily.
2. Peyronie's disease
Treatment should be started with 0.5 mg to 1.0 mg daily, administered in one to two doses, which can be increased to 2 mg per day, administered in two to three doses.
Who should not use
This remedy should not be used in people with allergies to any of the components present in the formula, people with severe gastrointestinal, liver, kidney or heart diseases.
In addition, it should also not be used on children, pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding.
Possible side effects
The most common side effects that can occur with the use of this medication are diarrhea, vomiting and nausea, fatigue, headache, gout, cramps, abdominal pain and pain in the larynx and pharynx.
In addition, although it is more rare, hair loss, spinal depression, dermatitis, changes in clotting and liver, allergic reactions, increased creatine phosphokinase, lactose intolerance, muscle pain, reduced sperm count, purple, destruction of muscle cells and toxic neuromuscular disease.
