COLCHICINE has been the drug of choice for the treatment of patients with attacks of acute gouty arthritis because it usually causes prompt and effective symptomatic relief. 1, 2 Despite its ...

This finding lends further support to the idea that IL-1β, not IL-1α, drives pain and inflammation in this gout model. mIL-1 Trap worked as well as high-dose colchicine in both preventing and ...

For preventing gouty arthritis in adults and adolescents older ... In COVID-19 patients, gout drug colchicine can reduce duration of oxygen therapy and hospital stay. Colchicine can be added ...

Treatment of gout takes a two-pronged approach ... The recommended dose of colchicine for the treatment of acute arthritis starts at 1 mg, followed by 0.5–1 mg every 2–4 h as needed until ...

A gout is a form of arthritis which is characterized by severe pain, redness and tenderness in your joints. Colchicine is expected to be an important therapeutic intervention for Covid-19 patients ...

The drug is indicated for the “symptomatic treatment of adult patients with frequent gouty arthritis attacks ... anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and colchicine are contraindicated, are ...

The beneficial effect of colchicine in gout is possibly due to the effect of this drug on purine metabolism, since human serum nucleotidase and guinea pig liver xanthine dehydrogenase are inhibite ...

A research team led by Christian Hertweck at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany, have identified compounds in mushrooms which they say are capable ...

Gout pain may be severe and oftentimes it strikes at night, so when it flares, you want fast relief. Learn more about ...