Colchicine and gout

✍ Scribed by L. A. Healey

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 62 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780220126

✦ Synopsis

Considering the significant undesirable side effects of steroids, the relatively infrequent side effects of dapsone, and the frequent ineffectiveness of steroids in relapsing polychondritis, we think a trial of dapsone is warranted, either initially or when systemic corticosteroids have failed to establish control of the inflammatory symptoms. Considering the rarity of polychondritis and its unpredictable course, the response to dapsone may be difficult to establish, but perhaps further individual case reports will allow assessment of its effectiveness in this disease.