Gout, Acute
"... but my side effects from colchicine were terrible - the doc had put me on 2 x 5mg and then 5mg every 6 hours.  

24 hours later I had spontaneous diarrhoea and vomiting for 36 hours - unable to eat much and a terrible time.

I wanted to warn everyone about the side effects.  

New research says the most effective AND least toxic dose for colchicine is only 2 tablets and then 1 one hour after flare ups.

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