Caution is advised when consuming alcohol with Colimax. Please consult your doctor.
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Colimax may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Colimax is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
UNSAFE
Colimax may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.
CAUTION
Colimax should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Colimax may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Colimax should preferably be avoided if you have serious kidney disease.
CAUTION
Colimax should be used with caution in patients with severe liver disease. Dose adjustment of Colimax may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
However, close monitoring is recommended for patients with mild to moderate liver disease also but dose adjustment is not necessary.
Medicine Overview of Colimax 0.6mg Tablet
Introduction
Colimax is a medicine used in the treatment and prevention of gout. It reduces inflammation which causes pain, swelling, and other symptoms of gout.
Colimax can be taken with or without food. You should take it regularly and at the same time each da...
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Uses of Colimax
Gout
Side effects of Colimax
Common
Nausea
Vomiting
Abdominal pain
How to use Colimax
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Colimax may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How Colimax works
Colimax reduces inflammation which causes pain, swelling and other symptoms of gout.
What if you forget to take Colimax?
If you miss a dose of Colimax, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.
Quick Tips
Colimax is used for the treatment and prevention of gout.
It interacts with many different medicines. Inform your doctor about all the medications that you are taking.
Inform your doctor if you have serious nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or if you have tingling in your fingers or toe.
It can lower your body's ability to make new blood cells. Inform your doctor know if you have frequent bleeding, bruising, fevers, or if you...
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Do not take Colimax if you have severe liver disease, kidney disease, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Gout
Treatment of acute gout flares (Colcrys): 1.2 mg PO at first sign of flare, then 0.6 mg 1 hr later; not to exceed 1.8 mg in 1-hr period
Prophyl...
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Child Dose
Gout
<16 years
Not recommended
>16 years
Treatment of acute gout flares: 1.2 mg PO at first sign of flare, then 0.6 mg 1 hr later; not to exceed 1...
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Renal Dose
Renal impairment (gout)
Mild (CrCl 50-80 mL/min) and moderate (CrCl 30-50 mL/min): Dosage adjustment not necessary; monitor patients for adverse effe...
Colchicine, a phenanthrene derivative, exerts its effect by reducing the inflammatory response to the deposited urate crystals and also by diminishing...
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Precaution
Elderly; GI disease. Cardiac, renal and hepatic impairment; prolonged therapy not recommended; lactation.
Lactation: Drug enters breast milk; use w...
Pregnancy
Available human data from published literature on colchicine use in pregnancy over several decades have not identified any drug-associated ...
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Interaction
Reversible malabsorption of vitamin B12 may occur because of ileal mucosal function alteration. Response to CNS depressants and sympathomimetics may i...
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