At ACC 2026, retrospective results were presented demonstrating the possibility of using pharmacotherapies for patients after ...

Get ready for a deep dive into colchicine and cardiovascular disease! We’ll examine the RCT data, and then pivot to discuss ...

Any cardiovascular protection from colchicine in heart attack survivors seemed to be debunked with a better-powered randomized trial, researchers found. Between acute MI patients randomized to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients referred for PCI after acute heart attack, colchicine did not improve heart-related outcomes vs.

The media reports that colchicine, a very old drug, has now been discovered to reduce the risk of recurrent heart disease and has a new FDA indication. Of course, the “discovery” has taken 10 years, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of the arteries to my heart. I am on a low-fat diet and take ramipril for cholesterol. My levels are very good (total ...

Gout patients who take colchicine at the start of urate-lowering therapy have a lower risk for cardiovascular events than those who do not receive prophylaxis. The risk for cardiovascular events was ...

BASEL, SWITZERLAND — The anti-inflammatory agent colchicine failed to show significant benefit in the treatment of patients with non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke in the primary analysis of the ...

Depending on one’s perspective, the anti-inflammatory colchicine is either an unsung and underprescribed drug for patients with cardiovascular disease, or it’s an agent with limited clinical benefit ...

Clinically important Afib occurred in 6.4% of colchicine-treated patients and 7.5% of placebo recipients (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.65-1.10, P=0.22), David Conen, MD, of the Population Health Research ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of ...