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Zycolchin Tablet

Written By Dr. Anuj Saini, MMST, MBBS
Reviewed By Dr. Ashish Ranjan, MD (Pharmacology), MBBS
Last updated on 12 Nov 2024 | 01:04 AM (IST)
Zycolchin Tablet is a medicine used in the treatment and prevention of gout. It reduces inflammation which causes pain, swelling, and other symptoms of gout.
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Product introduction

Zycolchin Tablet can be taken with or without food. You should take it regularly and at the same time each day to get the maximum benefit from it. Keep taking it as recommended by your doctor and complete the dose even if you feel better. If you stop, your symptoms may get worse.

Some common side effects of this medicine are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Talk to your doctor if any of these side effects do not go away with time. Your doctor may help with ways to reduce or prevent these symptoms.

To make sure the medicine is safe for you, before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have any problems with your heart, kidneys, or liver. Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers should consult with their doctors before taking the medicine.

Uses of Zycolchin Tablet

Benefits of Zycolchin Tablet

Treatment of Gout
Gout is a form of arthritis caused by excess uric acid in the bloodstream. Gout causes attacks of painful inflammation in one or more of your affected joints. Zycolchin Tablet contains colchicine that reduces the inflammation, swelling and pain of the gout attack. This medicine is very effective in people who cannot take other anti-inflammatory painkillers and also for those who are taking other medicines for treatment and prevention of gout.
Take Zycolchin Tablet as prescribed and avoid skipping doses. Make appropriate lifestyle changes like losing weight (if you are overweight), eating a healthy diet and avoiding alcohol or sugar-sweetened drinks to get maximum benefit.

Side effects of Zycolchin Tablet

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Zycolchin
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Muscle pain

How to use Zycolchin Tablet

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. Zycolchin Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How Zycolchin Tablet works

Zycolchin Tablet reduces inflammation which causes pain, swelling and other symptoms of gout.

Quick tips

  • Zycolchin Tablet 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 are always tired.
  • Do not take Zycolchin Tablet if you have severe liver disease, kidney disease, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Safety advice

Alcohol

Alcohol

CAUTION
Caution is advised when consuming alcohol with Zycolchin Tablet. Please consult your doctor.
Pregnancy

Pregnancy

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Zycolchin Tablet 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.
Breast feeding

Breast feeding

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Zycolchin Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
Driving

Driving

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
It is not known whether Zycolchin Tablet alters the ability to drive. Do not drive if you experience any symptoms that affect your ability to concentrate and react.
Kidney

Kidney

CAUTION
Zycolchin Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Zycolchin Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Zycolchin Tablet should preferably be avoided if you have serious kidney disease.
Liver

Liver

CAUTION
Zycolchin Tablet should be used with caution in patients with severe liver disease. Dose adjustment of Zycolchin Tablet 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.
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Frequently asked questions

Don’t stop your medication abruptly. Consult your doctor before stopping any medicine, and never attempt to do it on your own
Yes. It has an expiry. Do not take Zycolchin Tablet after the expiry date which is stated on the label. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month
Zycolchin Tablet is known to cause weight loss. If you experience such side effects, always consult your doctor
Yes, hair loss is one of it’s side effect
Zycolchin Tablet may affect your blood sugar level. If you are a patient suffering from diabetes, take Zycolchin Tablet as recommended by your doctor
Zycolchin Tablet very cause liver damage, but on high dose it may cause liver damage.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Alkaloid

Habit Forming

No

Therapeutic Class

PAIN ANALGESICS

Action Class

Anti-Inflammatory- gout

References

  1. Furst DE, Ulrich RW, Varkey-Altamirano C. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioids Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. pp. 636-37.
  2. Grosser T, Smyth E, FitzGerald GA. Anti-Inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Analgesic Agents; Pharmacotherapy of Gout. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12th ed. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011. pp. 995-96.
  3. Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. pp. 231-23.
  4. Mayo Clinic. Colchicine. [Accessed 02 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
  5. Colchicine. Wrexham, Wales: Wockhardt UK Ltd.; 1982 [revised 07 Jun. 2017]. [Accessed 28 Jan. 2019] (online) Available from:
  6. Chaves RG, Lamounier JA. Breastfeeding and maternal medications. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2004;80(5 Suppl):S189-S198. [Accessed 02 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:
  7. Colchicine [Prescribing Information]. Parsippany, NJ: AGEPHA Pharma USA, LLC; 2023. [Accessed 25 Jul. 2024] (online) Available from:
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User feedback

Twice A Day
53%
Once A Day
36%
Thrice A Day
8%
Four Times A Day
1%
Alternate Day
1%
Gout
84%
Others
16%
Average
38%
Excellent
33%
Poor
29%
No Side Effect
55%
Abdominal pain
18%
Vomiting
9%
Nausea
9%
Diarrhoea
9%
With food
83%
With or without food
17%
Not Expensive
62%
Average
24%
Expensive
14%

Patient concerns

I am suffering from high Uric Acid attach on regular basis. I have to take Nucoxia 120 ( at bed time) and zycolchin (2 times) during the attach for relief.

Dr. Akshat Goel
Dr. Akshat Goel
Orthopaedics
also take Tab Febustat 80mg once daily for 2 weeks

Pain and swelling in toe since a week now it turns reddish,ice and hot water therapy done with pain killer

Dr. Vipul Aggarwal
Dr. Vipul Aggarwal
Orthopaedics
please get uric acid done probably gout attack as per ur history
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