A blockage in the lower urinary tract can either be related to enlargement of the prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) or a urethral stricture.
Colchicine is used to prevent or treat attacks of gout (also called gouty arthritis). This condition is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. An attack of gout occurs when uric acid causes inflammation (pain, redness, swelling, and heat) in a joint. Colchicine does not cure gout, but it will help prevent gout attacks. Colchicine is not an ordinary pain reliever and will not relieve most kinds of pain. Colchicine is also used to treat a rare condition called familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in adults and children older than 4 years of age. Colchicine may be used in 2 ways.
Colchicine has been studied and prescribed for the treatment and prevention of gouty attacks and, more recently, also for other inflammatory conditions (i.e., serositis in familial Mediterranean fever).lthough the majority of authors suggest the use of colchicine for patients with recurrences, especially when multiple, limited data support the use of the drug in acute pericarditis (mainly the COPE study), where additional confirmatory studies are needed before a routine recommendation could be done in this setting.