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Acute Gout Flare

An acute gout flare is the sudden, severe pain and swelling gout produces, usually in one joint and most often the big toe. It happens when excess uric acid forms crystals inside the joint.

Colchicine Tablets

Colchicine

0.5mg

Colchicine tablets for acute gout and familial Mediterranean fever. It stops white blood cells from migrating to uric acid deposits.

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Key points

  • A flare can last days or weeks, followed by a symptom-free period before the next episode.
  • Treatment for a flare is an anti-inflammatory, colchicine or a short course of an oral corticosteroid, chosen around the person’s other conditions and medicines.

Medicines listed for Acute Gout Flare

The single product listed here is Colchicine 0.5 mg tablets. Colchicine is one of the options a clinician may consider when treating an acute gout flare, alongside anti-inflammatories and corticosteroids.

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