Colchizine

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my husband was prescribed colchizine for gout and while he was given a white pill manufactured by Visions he had no attacks. He was given a yellow pill and had symptoms/attacks and the pharmacist was advised. They returned to the white/Visions Rx and again he was attack free. He now was given the yellow pill and is suffering not only a recurrence of symptoms but is having a severe attack in places he never had gout before. I am waiting to contact the supplier who sent this Rx (Caremark) when business opens today but my local pharmacist has told me Visions no longer makes colchizine. If anyone has a suggestion please advise.

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That is, unfortunately, a common problem with some generic medications. See under U.S. law, generic drugs are actually allowed to differ from their name brand equivelents by as much as plus or minus 20% in the ACTIVE ingredient, on top of that, it doesn't necessarily have to be the exact same ingredient, they just have to prove it is bioequivelent so that it has the same effect on the body.

This, for some people, can result in problems when they switch from one generic medication to another, or from a name brand to a generic.

There are many generic manufacturers, though, so you can try calling around to other pharmacies in your area and see if one of them carries them made by a different company and then try those pills, since you know these ones aren't working for him.

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