Colchicinedrug info
colchicine 0.6 MG Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Colchicine tablets are an alkaloid indicated for:
Prophylaxis and treatment of gout flares in adults.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in adults and children 4 years or older ( Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. ).
1.1 Gout Flares
Colchicine tablets are indicated for prophylaxis and the treatment of acute gout flares.
Prophylaxis of Gout Flares: Colchicine tablets are indicated for prophylaxis of gout flares.
Treatment of Gout Flares: Colchicine tablets are indicated for treatment of acute gout flares when taken at the first sign of a flare.
1.2 Familial
Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Colchicine tablets are indicated in adults and children four years or older for treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 1, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Colchicine is an alkaloid chemically described as (S)N-(5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetramethoxy-9-oxobenzo [alpha] heptalen-7-yl) acetamide with a molecular formula of C 22 H 25 NO 6 and a molecular weight of 399.4. The structural formula of colchicine is given below. Colchicine, USP occurs as a white to pale yellow powder that is very soluble in water, freely soluble in alcohol and chloroform, slightly soluble in ether, practically insoluble in cyclohexane. Colchicine Tablets, USP are supplied for oral administration as purple color, film-coated, capsule shaped tablets debossed with ‘ 372’ on one side and score line on the other side of the tablet. Each tablet contains 0.6 mg of the active ingredient colchicine USP.
Inactive ingredients: FD&C BLUE #2, FD&C RED #40, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, macrogol, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polydextrose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, titanium dioxide and triacetin. Colchicine Structural Formula logo
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 1, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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