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A member asked:
Is colchicine safe as maintenance to prevent gout attacks?
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No.: Colchicine is for acute attacks. There are some newer medications out there, but allopuriniol has been used for many years for this purpose.
Answered 10/26/2018
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No: Colchicine is used for acute attacks. See your physician for better approaches for long term prevention.
Answered 9/28/2016
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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.
Answered 3/21/2015
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I started allopurinol 2 weeks ago and now have a gout attack should I stop and take colchicine or take both together?
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