COLCHICINE: What Patients Need to Know | Use, side effects, special precautions

⚠️ WARNING!!! COLCHICINE should not be taken without professional medical advice. This video is intended for general education and should not be used to self-treat any medical condition. ⚠️ The video shows basic patient counseling points about COLCHICINE and is presented in a visual manner. Some of the information you may find interesting include: therapeutic classification; indication or use; availability or dosage form; side effects; special precautions; etc. UPDATE: Colchicine therapy has shown clinical benefit on mortality in patients with Covid-19. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966620302852 . Having mentioned that, more studies are needed to properly establish colchicine as part of treatment. #Colchicine #VisualCounseling #Gout #Grapefruit =============================== This video is part of THE DAILY DOSE – a playlist containing videos about the basic drug information which patients need to know. Share to your friends and family! They may find something which interests them. Subscribe to Flash Pharma PH for more videos. This channel uploads a new video at least once a month. Any topic suggestion? Kindly leave it in the Comments Section. Thanks! /c/FlashPharmaPH You can also help out this channel by becoming a Patron! Visit https://www.patreon.com/flashpharmaPH to learn more. With your support, I can continuously put out great contents for all of us to enjoy. Thanks!!! Socials: https://twitter.com/flashpharmaPH https://www.facebook.com/flashpharmaPH =============================== Sources: https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682711.html https://www.mims.com/philippines/drug/search?q=Colchicine =============================== Music: From YouTube Audio Library =============================== Photo by freestocks. Follow at https://www.pexels.com/@ freestocks =============================== Feed a child now. Donate at https://sharethemeal.org/donate Donate to Afghanistan. https://donate.unicef.ph/campaign/afghanistan-onetime =============================== Other information about colchicine: Available brands in the Philippines (See MIMS Philippines for more details) Goutnil, Ritemed Colchicine, Rhea Colchicine, Actimed Colchicine Special precautions (From Medlineplus.gov. Visit the website to know more.) [POTENTIAL DRUG INTERACTIONS] Inform your doctor and pharmacist the prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional products, and herbal supplements which you are taking, have taken within the past 14 days, or plan to take. Be sure to mention any of the following: -antibiotics such as azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, telithromycin; -antifungals such as fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, and posaconazole; aprepitant; -cholesterol-lowering medications such as atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin; -cyclosporine; -digoxin; -diltiazem; -fibrates such as bezafibrate, fenofibrate, and gemfibrozil; -medications for HIV or AIDS such as amprenavir, atazanavir, fosamprenavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, and saquinavir; -nefazodone; -ranolazine; and -verapamil. Doses of your medications may be changed by your doctor or monitor you carefully for side effects. The list above is not exhaustive. Other medications that do not appear in the list above may also interact with colchicine.

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