Delivery Strategies for Colchicine as a Critical Dose Drug: Reducing Toxicity and Enhancing Efficacy

Y Lei, Y Yang, G Yang, A Li, Y Yang, Y Wang, C Gao - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Colchicine (COL), a widely used natural drug, has potent anti-inflammatory effects; however,
as a narrow therapeutic index drug, its clinical application is limited by its serious …

[HTML][HTML] Formulation and in vitro skin diffusion of colchicine using different drug delivery vehicles

M Ponte, W Liebenberg, M Gerber - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Historically known as “the disease of kings,” gout is one of the oldest known types of arthritis,
affecting more than 40 million people worldwide, prevalent in patients between 30 and 50 …

Formulation and evaluation of cubosomes containing colchicine for transdermal delivery

M Nasr, H Younes, RS Abdel-Rashid - Drug delivery and translational …, 2020 - Springer
Gout is a common inflammatory disease that is characterized by the deposition of serum
urate crystals in the synovial fluids and joints. In spite of high efficiency of colchicine (COL) in …

Medicinal perspectives of colchicine and its derivatives: recent progress and challenges

MR Mohammadi, N Mohammadjani - Micro Nano Bio Aspects, 2023 - mnba-journal.com
Various therapeutic effects have been found for alkaloids. However, severe side effects can
limit the clinical applications of these bioactive compounds. Colchicine alkaloid as an anti …

Transethosomal gels as carriers for the transdermal delivery of colchicine: statistical optimization, characterization, and ex vivo evaluation

IM Abdulbaqi, Y Darwis, RA Assi… - … design, development and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Colchicine is used for the treatment of gout, pseudo-gout, familial
Mediterranean fever, and many other illnesses. Its oral administration is associated with …

Formulation and evaluation of a drug-in-adhesive patch for transdermal delivery of colchicine

Y Lei, G Yang, F Du, J Yi, L Quan, H Liu, X Zhou… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gout is one of the most prevalent rheumatic diseases, globally. Colchicine (COL) is the first-
line drug used for the treatment of acute gout. However, the oral administration of COL is …

Elastic Liposomal Formulation for Sustained Delivery of Colchicine: In Vitro Characterization and In Vivo Evaluation of Anti-gout Activity

HP Singh, P Utreja, AK Tiwary, S Jain - The AAPS journal, 2009 - Springer
Colchicine, an alkaloid found in extracts of the plants Colchicum autumnale and Gloriosa
superb, is effective in the treatment of acute gout and dermatological conditions like leuko …

Flexible nano-sized lipid vesicles for the transdermal delivery of colchicine; in vitro/in vivo investigation

GS El-Feky, M Mona, AA Mahmoud - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Colchicine (CL) is the most effective treatment of acute gout, however, it is associated with
side effects in 80% of the patients at therapeutic doses, in addition, it's a water-soluble …

Separable and inseparable silk fibroin microneedles for the transdermal delivery of colchicine: development, characterization, and comparisons

S Liao, G Qiu, Y Hu, B Guo, Y Qiu - AAPS PharmSciTech, 2023 - Springer
Colchicine is the first-line option for both the treatment and prophylaxis of gout flares.
However, due to potentially severe side effects, the clinical use of colchicine is limited. A well …

One-pot approach to form in situ colchicine-containing nano-hydroxyapatite within microemulsion composite system for sustained transdermal delivery

Z Zeng, H Feng, M Hao, Y Zhang - Composites Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, high protein and fat food in daily diet often causes the prevalence of gout, which is
common treated with colchicine as specific medicine. Transdermal delivery with …