COLCHICINE vs FEBUXOSTAT

Why does EU use colchicine 0.5mg vs 0.6mg in US? Does metric system have a role in this? What is it based on?

Belladonna: anticholinergics like atropine, scopolamine, hyosciamine Autumn crocus: colchicine Opium poppy: opioids Coca plant: cocaine (although rarely used in a medical setting now, we use similar local anesthetics all the time) Know some more? Drop them below and let's talk about it! Edit: Cocain

I suppose the term used by the hospital I interned at of "High Alert Drug" is a bit more professional, but I'm curious which drugs you place on your list, in my never ending quest to learn new stuff/refresh my memory/sharpen that sword... Unofficial Reddit CE style (sorry no credit here). Which drug

On r/Residency there was recently a thread about the IM resident who poisoned his wife with colchicine. Some of the comments spoke about how colchicine is a terrible medication, how they would never prescribe it, and how toxicology docs would never use it. This has me a bit worried because my 12 ye

*Posting for my cousin. She posted here but wasn’t sure if anyone saw it, so just testing to see if this gets more reach and if any of you amazing people have insight on her situation. Thank you so much!* Heart constantly pounding, palpitations are so strong it wakes me up while trying to sleep. 5 m

34 female, 5’10 135lbs. My heart makes a weird clicking and squeaking noise that can easily be heard a few feet away. The noise can be heard louder through my mouth. I have been having shortness of breath upon exertion and increased heart rate for the past year, and wondered if this might have an

Age 34 Sex female Height 5’6 Weight 130 Race white Duration of complaint 2020 to now Location California Any existing relevant medical issues Skin lesions Current medications colchicine Include a photo if relevant have lesions all over body been to over 50 doctors. Dermatology, rheumatologists,

New grad pharmacist looking for advice Hello, I'm a new grad pharmacist who would really appreciate advice on how to survive in the harsh environment known as retail chain pharmacy. I worked as a tech first, interned, and graduated this year so I know the computer system well. However, I wasn't the

24m 185cm 78kg , non smoker, Australian. Complaint- Costochondritis and pericarditis (potential rheumatoid arthritis) Duration of complaint- 1 year Bp 134/87 Hb- 81 Medication currently taking- humira bi-weekly (10weeks so far) pantaprozole (1year) cymbalta 60mg ,panadol (if needed) NSAID’s (if ne

I thought I'd share my experience with Uloric here to my fellow gout sufferers. I love wine and craft beer and when I got diagnosed with Gout last year I couldn't believe it. I was 32 years old and I'm a healthy, fit guy. I tried all the tricks in the books like Cherry extract and nothing worked, ke

Just to add some context: I had my first attack about 8 years ago, have read lot of articles about gout, i had only gone 2 times to see a doctor, both times they told me the same thing, change your diet, exercise, and take colchicine and a NSAID like ibuprofen and you will be fine, and i was, so wha

I read some interesting information in a [research paper I posted here about a month ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/gout/comments/ho4wzu/research_on_commerciallyavailable_probiotics_and/), regarding some very successful results in treating hyperuricemia (high uric acid) in rats with a pre/probiotic m

So for the record, I'm 18, had left knee pain for 2 years but ignored it for an year altogether. Got it checked last year, turned out I had high uric acid levels in my blood. The ortho put me on a Febuxostat 80mg medication. After a bit of looking up online I asked him later if it's Gout. He says it

Those who managed to dissolve your tophi, how would you describe the whole process? How long did it take? Have you been on Allopurinol or Febuxostat? What level of uric acid have you maintained the whole time? Did it change its state from "firm" to "squishy" and then gradually disappeared? Any kind

Are there people here that suffer from gout and cannot take Allo and hence take an alternative like Uloric (febuxostat) I see in 2019 FDA needed the box to indicate increased risk of death. This has got me worried...