Is colchicine safe as maintenance to prevent gout attacks?

No.: Colchicine is for acute attacks. There are some newer medications out there, but allopuriniol has been used for many years for this purpose.

No: Colchicine is used for acute attacks. See your physician for better approaches for long term prevention.

I am going to be : The contrarian here as i read 2 colleagues state "no", but it certainly can be used as a maintenance to prevent attacks. As a treatment it is given .5mg every hour on the hour until one gets diarreah or throws up. As a maintenance dose it is given .5mg per day. I know of many patients that are on this regimen and i was not even the one who put them on it.