Does colchicine help with gout?

Yes: It is widely use to treat gout.

Wonderfully: Colchicine is one of the oldest and best drugs used for treating an acute gout attack. It also works very quickly.

Yes: Colchicine can reduce pain during flares, and can be used to prevent flares while starting a medicine to lower uric acid, the chemical that causes gout.

Yes, it can help: Colchicine is often used to prevent flares of gout while starting a medicine to lower uric acid, the chemical in the blood that causes gout. It can also be used to treat acute flares of gout, but it is used less these days due to the common side-effect of diarrhea.