The media reports that colchicine, a very old drug, has now been discovered to reduce the risk of recurrent heart disease and has a new FDA indication. Of course, the “discovery” has taken 10 years, ...

Investigators report that regardless of when the event happened—in the last 6 to 24 months or more than 7 years ago—colchicine effectively lowered the risk of major cardiovascular events compared with ...

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.

The benefits of low-dose colchicine (Colcrys) are consistent if started months or years after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with stable coronary artery disease, a new LoDoCo2 subanalysis ...

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 ...

An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements. That's the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults ...

WASHINGTON, DC—The short-term use of colchicine at the time of TAVI for severe aortic stenosis may curb the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and the need for a new permanent pacemaker, the ...

Colchicine is one of the oldest medicines with potent anti-inflammatory functions, widely used to treat rheumatic diseases such as gout, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPDD), and familial ...

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 . In patients with chronic coronary disease, the beneficial effects of colchicine were consistent regardless of ...