Recent news on Colchicine

Tests affirm woman died from wrong dose of drug  -  May 22, 2007
OregonLive.com,Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory drug that is toxic with even a small excess dose. A pharmacist for the Dallas-based compounding pharmacy ApotheCure made

Officials still investigating colchicine deaths  -  May 11, 2007
Yakima Herald-Republic,Osborn said the company is cooperating with state and federal investigations into the manufacture of colchicine, which was injected into the patients for

FDA - MedWatch - Recall Of Compounded Injectable Colchicine- All ...  -  May 3, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The company issued an immediate drug recall for all strengths, sizes and lots of compounded Injectable Colchicine sold within the last year.

Compounded Injectable Colchicine Recall Issued  -  May 4, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,ApothéCure has issued an immediate drug recall of all strengths, sizes, and lots of its compounded injectable colchicine sold within the last year due to

Fatal drug's manufacturer cooperates  -  May 10, 2007
OregonLive.com,Oregon officials think two people from the Portland area and one from Yakima County, Wash., were killed by an infusion of the drug colchicine that was 10

State Medical Examiner's Office ID's Drug Lot Preparation Error as ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
Salem-News.Com,Three individuals received colchicine from the defective lot of colchicine and all three people died. Two of the three deaths presented to hospitals and

Drug techs use repetition to ensure safety  -  May 16, 2007
OregonLive.com,You can't see what's sinister in vials of the drug colchicine linked to three Northwest deaths. The bad batch, accidentally made 10 times too strong by the

Bad Batch of Medicine Kills Three People, One in Yakima Valley  -  May 10, 2007
KNDO/KNDU,The medicine is call Colchicine. It's commonly taken in pill form with people suffering from gout and painful arthritus. Medical examiners say the

Rules fuzzy for custom medicines  -  May 11, 2007
OregonLive.com,The three died in March and April after injections of the drug colchicine made 10 times too strong by ApotheCure, a Texas compounding pharmacy that ships

Investigator: Painkiller Injection Led To Two Deaths  -  Apr 27, 2007
KPTV.com,According to our news partner, The Portland Tribune, two people have died from an overdose of the homeopathic drug Colchicine, and there’s likely a third

ApothèCure apologizes to families  -  May 10, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),Two people in Portland, Ore., and one in Yakima, Wash., died last month after their doctors injected them with a medication called colchicine,

Another decimal point pet peeve  -  May 4, 2007
ScienceBlogsThe other day I noted news of the Texas compounding pharmacy mistake that led to three deaths when an injectable colchicine preparation was found to be ten

Man Plans Lawsuit, Claiming Naturopathic Drug Killed His Wife  -  May 8, 2007
KPTV.com,Motch said Long suffered from chronic back pain and had been taking a highly toxic drug called Colchicine and that she received a lethal dose of the drug

Yes, the decimal point matters  -  Apr 29, 2007
ScienceBlogsApotheCure Inc., a drug compounding pharmacy company in Texas, said an employee made a weighing error in the creation of the drug colchicine.

Badly made medicine ends with three dead  -  Apr 27, 2007
OregonLive.com,The drug, colchicine, is normally used in small doses to treat gout. But Dr. Geoffrey Wiss, working at Portland's Center for Integrative Medicine,

Toxic Drug Combination Leads To Deaths  -  Apr 27, 2007
KOIN.com,ApotheCure Inc., a drug compounding company in Texas, said an employee erred in the creation of the prescription drug, colchicine.

Dallas company blamed in 3 deaths  -  Apr 27, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),ApotheCure Inc., a drug compounding pharmacy company, said an employee committed a weighing error in making the drug colchicine.

News Digest  -  Apr 29, 2007
Ontario Argus Observer,ApotheCure Inc., a drug compounding pharmacy company in Texas, said an employee made a weighing error in the creation of the drug colchicine, which lead to

Pharmacy's error kills 3, report says  -  Apr 28, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,ApotheCure Inc., a drug-compounding company in Texas, said an employee made a weighing error in the creation of the drug colchicine.

The Lethal Side of Human Error – Three Die After Consuming ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
MedIndia,ApotheCure Inc explained how a weighing error committed by a worker during the making of the drug ‘colchicine’, led to the death of three people in the

Dallas drug company's mistake kills three  -  Apr 28, 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,ApotheCure Inc. said an employee made a weighing error in the creation of the drug colchicine. The drug was only sent to the Center for Integrative Medicine

Briefly . . . NATION/WORLD  -  Apr 28, 2007
Philadelphia Daily News,...received it at an Oregon clinic, the state medical examiner said yesterday. The three were receiving injections of the drug colchicine to treat back pain. *

Poorly mixed prescription drugs from Dallas pharma company kill ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
Pegasus News,ApotheCure Inc., which makes drugs, said an employee made a mistake in weighing ingredients for the drug colchicine. It reduces inflammation, but in high

Pharmacy error cited in 3 deaths  -  Apr 27, 2007
Prescott Herald,Colchicine works by stopping cells from dividing, which reduces inflammation in conditions such as gout, said Dr. Rob Hendrickson, associate medical

Deaths point up problems with drug compounding  -  May 16, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),In this case, ApothèCure was not even licensed to do business in Oregon – yet a drug called colchicine, made by the firm, was being used by doctors there.

Oregon tightening drug rules  -  May 17, 2007
OregonLive.com,States with similar standards include Texas, where the compounding pharmacy ApotheCure made a weighing error that led to a batch of the drug colchicine 10

Diet, gout are related  -  May 15, 2007
Times Daily (subscription),Colchicine is the prescription standard in treating gout and there are anti-inflammatory drugs your doctor can prescribe. Quercetin and bromelain are two

Protect public from dangerous drugs  -  May 10, 2007
Lake Oswego Review,At that potency, the drug – colchicine – is fatal with just one injection. Two patients of the clinic, the now-closed Portland Center for Integrative

• Drug gave her freedom, untimely death  -  May 9, 2007
OregonLive.com,Oregon authorities have linked two other deaths to the same medicine that killed Long, a batch of the drug colchicine accidentally made 10 times too strong

Seedless Watermelons  -  Apr 30, 2007
Plenty Magazine,The number of chromosomes in a normal watermelon are doubled with the use of the chemical colchicine, which turns a normal diploid watermelon into a

34 Doctors Discplined By the State  -  Apr 18, 2007
WOAI,The action was based on allegations that Dr. Spurlock treated a patient for fibromyalgia with intravenous Lidocaine and Colchicine, neither of which are

Foiling fatal food fads  -  Apr 11, 2007
separationsNOW.com (subscription),The poisonous compound in meadow saffron leaves is a toxic alkaloid known as colchicine, which can cause severe vomiting and intense abdominal pain.

EntreMed Presents Mechanism Data for Its Three Lead Oncology Compounds  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),While these three agents all bind to the colchicine-binding site of tubulin, they have distinct mechanisms of action. Panzem(R) has a well tolerated safety

Chronic hives: What causes them?  -  Apr 10, 2007
MayoClinic.comA number of anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating treatments have been studied — such as cyclosporine and colchicine. But none are clearly effective.

Health & Fitness editor Amy Bertrand  -  Apr 9, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Doctors treat gout with one of three medications: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, cortical steroids or a drug called colchicine, which works by

EntreMed Presents Mechanism Data for Its Three Lead Oncology Compounds  -  26 Mar 2007
PR Newswire (press release),While these three agents all bind to the colchicine-binding site of tubulin, they have distinct mechanisms of action. Panzem(R) has a well tolerated safety

Holography Helps Measure Drug Response in Cells  -  26 Mar 2007
Photonics.com,Colchicine, the anti-cancer drug studied by the group, limits the ability of organelles to travel throughout the cell and perform their functions.

Childhood obesity and fatty liver link studied  -  Mar 20, 2007
Indianapolis Star,...couple device -- the same microchip found in digital cameras -- to peer inside tumor cells and study the effect of colchicine, an anticancer drug.

Are pharmacies health care providers? Court will hear arguments  -  Mar 9, 2007
West Virginia Record,Rogers represents August Phillips in a suit against Larry's Drive-In Pharmacy over a prescription for Colchicine, a gout medicine.

HEALTHY OUTLOOK: DR. STEPHEN DANIELS: Gout can be difficult to ...  -  Mar 7, 2007
Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record,Colchicine can also be very effective both to treat and prevent gout. Medicines such as allopurinol and probenecid can be taken to lower uric acid levels in

Giaconda Receives European Patent for Ibaconda  -  Dec 28, 2006
ag-IP-news Agency,Ibaconda is a combination of two compounds, olsalazine and colchicine. “The intellectual property associated with our products is a key element of our

Giaconda gets European patent for drug  -  Dec 27, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald,The patent provides protection in 19 European countries for the Sydney company's Ibaconda drug - combination of olsalazine and colchicine - for the

Some bulbs are eager to bloom indoors  -  Jan 9, 2007
Centralia Morning Sentinel,Colchicum crocuses have larger flowers and leaves than true crocuses, and are a source of colchicine, a poison that has been used to treat gout and to

Some bulbs love to bloom indoors  -  Dec 23, 2006
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,Colchicum crocuses have larger flowers and leaves than true crocuses, and are a source of colchicine, a poison that has been used to treat gout and to

Wal-Mart $4 Generics Program Launched In Wyoming  -  Nov 27, 2006
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