Use of Colchicine for Pericardial Inflammation: Risks and Toxicities—A Cautionary Tale

Colchicine is commonly used as part of the treatment of acute and recurrent pericarditis. Neuromyopathy is a well-known, but probably underreported, side effect of colchicine. Here we present a unique case of a 56-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of colchicine-induced neuromyopathy over many y...

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Autores principales: Perzon, Ofer, Kenig, Ariel, Fellig, Yakov, Mevorach, Dror
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9663985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36388708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.08.027
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description Colchicine is commonly used as part of the treatment of acute and recurrent pericarditis. Neuromyopathy is a well-known, but probably underreported, side effect of colchicine. Here we present a unique case of a 56-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of colchicine-induced neuromyopathy over many years. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-96639852022-11-15 Use of Colchicine for Pericardial Inflammation: Risks and Toxicities—A Cautionary Tale Perzon, Ofer Kenig, Ariel Fellig, Yakov Mevorach, Dror JACC Case Rep Case Report Colchicine is commonly used as part of the treatment of acute and recurrent pericarditis. Neuromyopathy is a well-known, but probably underreported, side effect of colchicine. Here we present a unique case of a 56-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of colchicine-induced neuromyopathy over many years. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9663985/ /pubmed/36388708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.08.027 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Use of Colchicine for Pericardial Inflammation: Risks and Toxicities—A Cautionary Tale
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