Colchicine (International)

In the US, Colchicine (colchicine systemic) is a member of the drug class antigout agents and is used to treat Amyloidosis, Aphthous Stomatitis - Recurrent, Behcet's Disease, Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, Constipation - Chronic, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Fibromatosis, Gout - Acute, Gout - Prophylaxis, Linear IgA Disease, Primary Biliary Cholangitis , Pseudogout - Prophylaxis, Sarcoidosis and Sweet's Syndrome.

US matches:

• Colchicine
• Colchicine and probenecid
• Colchicine Capsules
• Colchicine Oral Solution
• Colchicine Tablets

Scheme

USAN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

M04AC01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000064-86-8

Chemical Formula

C22-H25-N-O6

Molecular Weight

399

Therapeutic Category

Treatment of gout

Chemical Names

(S)N-(5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetrametyoxy-9-oxobenzo[α]heptalen-7-yl)acetamide

Acetamide, N-(5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetrametoxy-9-oxobenzo[a]heptalen-7-yl)-, (S)-

Foreign Names

• Colchicinum (Latin)
• Colchicin (German)
• Colchicine (French)

Generic Names

• Colchicine (OS: JAN, DCF)
• Colchicin (PH: Ph. Eur. 9.4)
• Colchicine (PH: BP 2018, JP XVII, Ph. Eur. 9.4, Ph. Int. 6, USP 41)
• Colchicine cristallisée (PH: Ph. Franç. X)
• Colchicinum (PH: Ph. Eur. 9.4, Ph. Int. 6)

Brand Names

• Actimed Colchicine
  Ambica, Philippines
• Artrex Retard [+ Allopurinol]
  Spedrog-Caillon, Argentina
• Artrichine
  ECU, Ecuador
• Aspen Colchicine
  Aspen Pharmacare, South Africa
• Butacolchicina D [+ Diclofenac]
  Ion, Uruguay
• Butayonacol [+ Salicylamide, + Phenylbutazone]
  Ifusa, Mexico
• Calchicine Houde
  Spedrog Caillon, Paraguay
• Cixin
  GeoLab, Brazil
• Cocichimil
  Multilab, Brazil
• Cocine
  Hua Shin, Taiwan
• Cofoncin
  Astar, Taiwan
• Colchican
  Polfarmex, Poland
• Colchicin Agepha
  Kemofarmacija, Slovenia; LENIS, Slovenia; Sanolabor, Slovenia
• Colchicin Agepha 0,372 mg
  Agepha, Austria
• Colchicina
  AC Farma, Peru; Biofarm, Romania; IFET, Greece; S.C. Biofarm, Georgia
• Colchicina 1mg Millet
  Millet, Paraguay
• Colchicina Andromaco
  Laboratorios Andromaco, Chile
• Colchicina Fmndtria
  Farmindustria, Peru
• Colchicina GeoLab
  GeoLab, Brazil
• Colchicina Houdé
  Spedrog-Caillon, Argentina
• Colchicina ion
  Ion, Uruguay
• Colchicina L.CH.
  Laboratorio Chile, Chile
• Colchicina Lirca
  Pharmafar, Italy
• Colchicina Mintlab
  Mintlab Co., Chile
• Colchicina Multilab
  Multilab, Brazil
• Colchicina Sanitas
  Instituto Sanitas, Chile
• Colchicina Seid
  Sanolabor, Slovenia; Seid, Spain; Seid, Latvia
• Colchicine
  Actavis UK, United Kingdom; Houde, Kuwait; Jaba, Portugal; LCPW, Pakistan; Macleods Pharma, United Kingdom; Rafa, Israel; Renata, United Kingdom; Ria Generics, United Kingdom; Sandoz, Latvia; Sanofi-Aventis, Lebanon; Takata Pharmaceutical, Japan; TBILISI Pharmacy Factory, Georgia; Wockhardt UK, United Kingdom
• Colchicine Actavis
  Actavis Group, Malta; Orifarm, Norway
• Colchicine Adwic
  Adwic, Egypt
• Colchicine Aurobindo
  Aurobindo, Netherlands
• Colchicine Capel
  Mayoly Spindler, Vietnam
• Colchicine CF
  Centrafarm, Netherlands; Sanolabor, Slovenia
• Colchicine Fu Yuan
  Fu Yuan, Taiwan
• Colchicine Genoptim
  Actavis Group, Poland
• Colchicine Houdé
  Cipla Medpro, South Africa
• Colchicine Igv
  Igv, Egypt
• Colchicine Medinova
  Medinova, Thailand
• Colchicine Mylan
  Mylan, Netherlands
• Colchicine Opocalcium
  A.C.P., Belgium; ACP, Luxembourg; Galéniques Vernin, Tunisia; Mayoly Spindler, France
• Colchicine Panion & BF
  Panion & BF, Taiwan
• Colchicine Sandoz
  Sandoz, Canada; Sandoz, Netherlands
• Colchicine Shionogi
  Shionogi, Taiwan
• Colchicine Stada
  Stada-VN JV, Vietnam
• Colchicine Synpac-Kingdom
  Synpac-Kingdom, Taiwan
• Colchicine Taiwan Biotech
  Taiwan Biotech, Taiwan
• Colchicine Teva
  Teva Nederland, Netherlands
• Colchicine Tiofarma
  Tiofarma, United Kingdom; Tiofarma Beheer, Netherlands
• Colchicine Wockhardt
  Wockhardt, Cyprus
• Colchicine-Humanity
  XL, Georgia
• Colchicine-Jialin
  Jialin Pharmaceutical, China
• Colchicine-Jingde Pharm
  Jingde Pharmaceutical, China
• Colchicine-Odan
  Odan Laboratories, Canada
• Colchicum Dispert
  Recordati, Turkey
• Colchicum-Dispert
  Johannes Bürger Ysatfabrik, Germany; Kemofarmacija, Slovenia; Pharmaselect, Bulgaria; Pharmaselect, Czech Republic; Pharmaselect, Georgia; Pharmaselect, Hungary; Pharmaselect, Slovakia
• Colchily
  Central Poly, Thailand
• Colchimax [+ Dicycloverine]
  Seid, Spain
• Colchimedio
  Bussié, Colombia; Bussié, Costa Rica; Bussié, Dominican Republic; Bussié, Ecuador; Bussié, Guatemala; Bussié, Honduras; Bussié, Panama; Bussié, El Salvador
• Colchimex
  Astimex Pharma, Sweden; Recipharm, Bulgaria
• Colchiquim
  Quimica y Farmacia, Mexico
• Colchis
  Apsen, Brazil
• Colchysat Burger
  Johannes Bürger Ysatfabrik, Germany
• Colcin
  Royal, Taiwan
• Colcina
  Jean-Marie Pharmacal, Hong Kong
• Colcine
  Honten, Taiwan; Pharmahof, Thailand
• Colcitrat
  UCI-Farma, Brazil
• Colcrys
  AR Holding, United States
• Colctab 1 mg
  Pro Farma, Austria
• Colgout
  Aspen, New Zealand; Aspen Pharmacare, Australia; Aspen Pharmacare, Hong Kong
• Colicine
  Hor Chen, Taiwan
• Coljoy
  Cadila, India
• Colmediten
  Kahira, Egypt; Kahira, Kuwait
• Col-Probenecid [+ Probenecid]
  Watson Pharmaceutical, United States
• Colpuril [+ Allopurinol]
  Nova Argentia, Argentina
• Colpuril 300 Retard [+ Allopurinol]
  Nova Argentia, Argentina
• Colpurinol LP [+ Allopurinol]
  Ion, Uruguay
• Colrefuz
  Actavis, Denmark; Actavis, Norway; Actavis, Sweden; Actavis Group, Iceland
• Conicine
  Hua Shin, Taiwan
• CP-Colchi
  Christo, Hong Kong
• Degout
  Chin Teng Pharmaceutical Industrial, Taiwan
• Goutichine
  Farmaline, Thailand
• Goutnil
  Ambica, Philippines; Inga, India
• Jamp Colchicine
  Jamp Pharma, Canada
• Kolkicin Tiofarma
  Tiofarma, Sweden
• Kolsin
  I.E. Ulagay, Turkey
• L-Cisin
  Lapi Laboratories, Indonesia
• Lengout
  Aspen Pharmacare, Australia
• MITIGARE
  Hikma, United States
• PMS-Colchicine
  Pharmascience, Canada
• Probenecid and Colchicine [+ Probenecid]
  ingenus Pharmaceuticals, United States
• Prochic
  Millimed, Thailand
• Recolfar
  Pratapa Nirmala/Fahrenheit, Indonesia
• Rhea Colchicine
  Philusa, Philippines
• Sandoz Colchicine
  Sandoz, Canada
• Sixol
  Biomep, Mexico
• Suyuni
  Tai Yu, Taiwan
• Ticolcin
  Tecnofarma, Mexico
• Tolchicine
  T.O. Chemicals, Thailand
• Tunfon
  Hui Chun Tang, Taiwan
• Xuric
  Craveri, Argentina
• Xuric-A [+ Allopurinol]
  Craveri, Argentina
• Zycolchin
  Zydus, India

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