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Reviewer: MaryE, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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All I can say is that when I took the generic awhile ago I had to stop due to gastric side effects. This version, however, does not seem to affect me as much. It seems to work for the gout with few side effects.
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Reviewer: Mary June, 75 or over Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I've been on Colchicine & now Colcrys for Gout for a year or so. I won't get into my disgust of the FDA 's approval & raising the cost. This past week I suffered greatly with canker sores in mouth & swollen tongue. I was unable to swallow solids. The throbbing pain gradually eased over a period of 10 days. My rheumatologist has taken this supposed allergy into consideratio
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Reviewer: Susie, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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It worked to alleviate the pain within the first day of taking it, but I suffered from 30 hours of severe diarrhea. Why did it become a brand name drug? What a travesty.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Reviewer: Tom R, 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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My family doctor indicated this drug was a long time availability, i.e., early Roman ruins time frame. I am gout prone so i was Rx this medicine. At pickup, I had a $56 co-pay with the insurance paying $346. It used to be a very inexpensive generic. A company challanged the FDA for gout use and won leading to copyrighting protection and increase in costs to the user. Someone needs to take a hard l
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