Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever”
Abstract Colchicine is a cheap easily available and accessible drug that has been tried in different diseases which are not limited to gout, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), Behcet’s disease, and constipation, and has recently been tried for the treatment of COVID-19 and heart diseases. There are...
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| author | Mohamed H. Emara Abeer Hussein Abdelkader Mohamed Said Radwan Hassan E. Elbatae Maysaa A. Saeed |
| author_facet | Mohamed H. Emara Abeer Hussein Abdelkader Mohamed Said Radwan Hassan E. Elbatae Maysaa A. Saeed |
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| description | Abstract Colchicine is a cheap easily available and accessible drug that has been tried in different diseases which are not limited to gout, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), Behcet’s disease, and constipation, and has recently been tried for the treatment of COVID-19 and heart diseases. There are many emerging reports of toxicity related to colchicine use. Patients with FMF are using this drug lifelong. We are sounding the alarm for monitoring patients with FMF to guard against chronic colchicine toxicity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c509fe61b7d24298a46e59ec0592185d2023-04-09T11:18:32ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation2090-32352023-04-015011210.1186/s43166-023-00188-8Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever”Mohamed H. Emara0Abeer Hussein Abdelkader1Mohamed Said Radwan2Hassan E. Elbatae3Maysaa A. Saeed4Department of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh UniversityDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityDepartment of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh UniversityDepartment of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh UniversityDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityAbstract Colchicine is a cheap easily available and accessible drug that has been tried in different diseases which are not limited to gout, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), Behcet’s disease, and constipation, and has recently been tried for the treatment of COVID-19 and heart diseases. There are many emerging reports of toxicity related to colchicine use. Patients with FMF are using this drug lifelong. We are sounding the alarm for monitoring patients with FMF to guard against chronic colchicine toxicity.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00188-8ColchicineFamilial Mediterranean feverChronic toxicityAmyloidosisLong termGout |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed H. Emara Abeer Hussein Abdelkader Mohamed Said Radwan Hassan E. Elbatae Maysaa A. Saeed Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Colchicine Familial Mediterranean fever Chronic toxicity Amyloidosis Long term Gout |
| title | Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” |
| title_full | Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” |
| title_fullStr | Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” |
| title_short | Long-term use of colchicine: “The time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial Mediterranean fever” |
| title_sort | long term use of colchicine the time to guard against chronic toxicity among patients of familial mediterranean fever |
| topic | Colchicine Familial Mediterranean fever Chronic toxicity Amyloidosis Long term Gout |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00188-8 |
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