Overview: Colchicine tablets, capsules, and liquid are used to reduce complications from coronary artery disease, treat Familial Mediterranean Fever, and treat or prevent gout attacks. The most common ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colchicine does not significantly reduce perioperative atrial fibrillation (AF) or myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS) in patients undergoing major non-cardiac thoracic surgery, ...

Colchicine is a generic prescription medication used to prevent gout flares and treat familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in adults and certain children. Like most drugs, colchicine can cause side ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients taking colchicine had a weighted hazard ratio of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.69-0.94) for cardiovascular events.

AMSTERDAM -- Anti-inflammatory colchicine (Lodoco) given perioperatively around major non-cardiac thoracic surgery did not cut atrial fibrillation (Afib) or myocardial injury complications, the COP-AF ...

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.

Inflammation is associated with adverse cardiovascular events. Data from recent trials suggest that colchicine reduces the risk of cardiovascular events. In this multicenter trial with a 2-by-2 ...

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 ...