The drug, Colchicine, has long been a common treatment for gout. It was reportedly first used to treat
gout in the mid-eighteenth century.
Colchicine relieves the pain associated with gout by controlling inflammation.
Colchicine can be given orally and intravenously and effectively begins to treat gout-associated joint pain
within 12 to 24 hours of being given.
However, while colchicine can treat the symptoms of gout, it does not affect the body's uric acid levels, either by decreasing uric acid production, or by increasing uric acid elimination through urination.
High uric acid levels, of course, are the underlying cause of gout.
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