Treating inflammation associated with the development of osteoarthritis with colchicine may postpone joint replacement surgery, according to the findings of a recent study.
“Our research highlights the possibility that long-term therapy with low-dose colchicine may be effective to reduce pain and disease progression in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip,” study investigator Calin Popa, MD, a rheumatologist in the Department of Rheumatology at Sint Maartenskliniek, in Nijmegen,