Canakinumab Efficacy Confirmed In Recurrent Fever Disorders Canakinumab Efficacy Confirmed In Recurrent Fever Disorders
Canakinumab controlled flares in colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever, mevalonate kinase deficiency, and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news

Colcrys (Colchicine Tablets) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - March 6, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Severe hypertriglyceridemia and colchicine intoxication following suicide attempt - Lev S, Snyder D, Azran C, Zolotarsky V, Dahan A.
We report a case of an 18-year-old female who ingested 18 mg (~0.4 mg/kg) of colchicine in a suicide att... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

Should Colchicine Join the Anti-Inflammatory Toolbox? Should Colchicine Join the Anti-Inflammatory Toolbox?
The commonly used drug was shown for the first time on serial CT imaging to modify coronary plaque morphology, but experts question whether these changes will translate into improved hard clinical events.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

CardioBrief: Imaging Offers Insight Into Inflammation in CV Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Preliminary evidence that colchicine may reduce coronary plaque (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 19, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Small Study Tests Colchicine for Moderate - to - Severe COVID - 19
Authors call for larger clinical trials to further evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine as an adjunctive therapy for COVID - 19 (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - October 12, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news

Probenecid and Colchicine (Probenecid and Colchicine) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

IL-1 Blocking Agent Succeeds in Resistant FMF (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- First randomized trial among colchicine-resistant patients (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 28, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Colchicine (Colchicine) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - August 31, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Pyridine based antitumor compounds acting at the colchicine site
(Bentham Science Publishers) Tubulin inhibitors are among the most successful anti-cancer, anti-parasitic and herbicidal agents. Lessons from the achievements and failures have been extracted and future perspectives delineated. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 30, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news

colchicine, Colcrys
Title: colchicine, ColcrysCategory: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/29/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General)
Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General - June 29, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Case report: a rare case of attempted homicide with Gloriosa superba seeds - Kande Vidanalage CJ, Ekanayeka R, Wijewardane DK.
BACKGROUND: Gloriosa superba, well known as the glory lily or superb lily, is a tropical climbing plant that features an exotic red flower. The plant is poisonous because of high concentrations of colchicine in all parts of the plant. It is commercially gr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

Mitigare (Colchicine Capsules) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - April 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Colchicine-induced rhabdomyolysis: an autopsy case - Arslan MN, Özgün A, Daş T, Kumru D, Sam B, Koç S.
Colchicine is derived from Colchicum autumnale and Gloriosa superba and is used to treat acute gout and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Musculoskeletal adverse effects range from myopathy to rhabdomyolysis. An 18-year-old woman, with a 2-year history o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Rely on Colchicine for FMF, Experts Say (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- New guideline for treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 27, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news