The Price of Gout Drug, Colchicine, Goes Up
Why sticker shock may soon be a side effect of taking this centuries-old medication
By Andy Miller
For the past few years, Peggy Lewis has paid $10 or less for a 90-day supply of her gout drug, colchicine. But Lewis, 71, fears she will soon be forced to pay hundreds of dollars more for that medication.
Lewis, of Fairfield, Ohio, has taken colchicine for about 20 years to prevent attacks of gout, a form of arthritis that causes flares of sudden pain, stiffness and swelling in joints.
But sometime this year, Lewis will have to replace her current version with a brand-name colchicine medication, Colcrys, which, she was told, could cost up to $550 for a 3-month supply.
Gout is a condition people develop when their blood and joints have excessive uric acid. When this occurs, inflammation of the joints is the result, a condition that is marked by heat and pain. Colchicine will not cure attacks of gout, and it is not used in place of medications prescribed for lowering uric acid concentrations in the body. What it does is help in preventing and relieving attacks of gout through reducing inflammation.
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