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Can .3 mg of colchicine in the a.m. and .3 mg in the p.m. be enough to treat pericarditis w/ sm effusion? i was feeling better for 2days but not now

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Dr. Dimitri Novitzky answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Colchicine AND peric: You must have a cardiologist, have serial ECHOS, and verify that the therapy is working. Is very important to now the cause of the pericarditis; infection= antibiotics. Autoimmune= you can use it, but together with other anti-inflammatory medications. In patients with acute pericarditis, colchicine, when added to conventional antiinflammatory therapy, significantly reduced the rate of

Answered 2/24/2016

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