Colchicine Tablets
Acute Gout Flare, Familial Mediterranean Fever
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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Colchicine
One product sits on this shelf: Colchicine Tablets (Colgout), a 0.5 mg anti-inflammatory that relieves the pain and swelling of an Acute Gout Flare. It is also used to prevent flare-ups when urate-lowering therapy begins.
Key points
- The gap between a working dose of colchicine and an overdose is narrow, so taking more than prescribed can be seriously toxic.
- Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhoea are common side effects (up to 1 in 10 people) and may signal that the dose is too high.
- Colchicine is also listed for Familial Mediterranean Fever, a genetic condition causing recurrent fever and inflammation.
How does Colchicine work?
Colchicine calms the immune response that drives gout inflammation. When urate crystals settle in a joint, white blood cells swarm to the site and release chemicals that cause the intense pain and swelling of a flare. Colchicine interrupts that migration, so fewer cells reach the joint and the inflammation slows. It targets the attack itself rather than lowering urate levels, which is why it is listed under Gout Treatment alongside urate-lowering medicines such as allopurinol.