Colchicine prescribing and safety monitoring in patients with acute gout

• In: Hospital Pharmacy - Posters
• At: Istanbul (Turkey) (2009)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-093
• By: YANG, Kuo Mei (Division of Pharmacy, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, Taipei, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Chang, Hung-Chuan (Division of Pharmacy, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, TAIPEI, China Taiwan)
  Kuo, Chien-Wen (Division of Pharmacy, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, TAIPEI, China Taiwan)
  Huang, Chien-Ming (Division of Pharmacy, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, TAIPEI, China Taiwan)
  
• Abstract:

  AIM: To assess colchicine prescribing and safety monitoring in patients with acute gout.
  
  METHODS: Colchicine dosing was analyzed by chart review of 38 patients who had gout flares during hospitalization in Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center between 1 December 2008 and 21 January 2009. Risk factors for colchicine toxicity like age, comorbid..

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