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Reviewer: sssconstr, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have not had a gout attack in 2 yrs! Why would the FDA put on unapproved list ??????? Colchicine has been on the market for decades........................
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Reviewer: Renee, 65-74 Female (Patient)
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The manufacturer has taken this off the market
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Reviewer: vettia, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Reviewer: Blueberry, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This drug caused diarrhea, loss of appetite and did not decrease the swelling and pain which was later diagnosed as Ankylosing Spondylitis.
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Reviewer: Stero mech, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Ive been taking colchicine for over 15 years and never had any side effects. Now im forced to pay out the nose because Pharm url is the exclusive manufacture of Colchicine/Colcrys. They lobbied the FDA because Colchicine was a "unapproved" drug and brought on the market before the FDA even existed. So much for health care reform. Because of this we will all have to pay more for patients
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