The media reports that colchicine, a very old drug, has now been discovered to reduce the risk of recurrent heart disease and has a new FDA indication. Of course, the “discovery” has taken 10 years, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of the arteries to my heart. I am on a low-fat diet and take ramipril for cholesterol. My levels are very good (total ...

The presence of an operational classification of drug interactions (ORCA) class 3 or 4 drug-drug interactions (DDIs) did not increase the risk for colchicine-related gastrointestinal adverse events or ...

Depending on one’s perspective, the anti-inflammatory colchicine is either an unsung and underprescribed drug for patients with cardiovascular disease, or it’s an agent with limited clinical benefit ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—The use of colchicine just before major thoracic surgery and for 10 days afterwards does not lower the risk of clinically significant atrial fibrillation (AF) or myocardial ...

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The drug colchicine may reduce cardiovascular outcomes among patients with gout, based on a range of retrospective data that suggest improved outcomes and mechanistic connections between gout and ...

An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements. That's the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults ...