Dosing and drug interactions with colchicine (Colcrys) for acute gout are still causing confusion

December 2011

Dosing and drug interactions with colchicine (Colcrys) for acute gout are still causing confusion.

We're all used to the old way of dosing colchicine for acute gout...two tabs initially then one tab every hour until either diarrhea starts or the pain stops.

But this causes too much toxicity...and even some deaths.

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