Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindications for using Colchicine as follows:
- Colchicine intake can sometimes result in severe muscle pain from muscle breakdown, with release of muscle protein into the blood. Due to their bigger size, these muscle proteins could get trapped in the kidneys, thus blocking the renal circulation and resulting in severe renal failure and compromised urine formation. Colchicine must be administered with extreme caution in individuals with history of compromised renal function, with close watch maintained on renal function, as Colchicine intake in these individuals, can further the compromised renal function than in normal population.
- Beer has high purine content, which increases risk for high amounts of uric acid production and deposition in the body tissues, thus predisposing to gout and uric acid stone formation. Beer intake with Colchicine can defeat the purpose of Colchicine intake, thus contributing to increased uric acid deposition and gout and so, is contraindicated.
