Uses. This medication is used to prevent or treat gout attacks (flares). Usually gout symptoms develop suddenly and involve only one or a few joints. The big toe, knee, or ankle joints are most often affected. Gout is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. When uric acid levels in the blood are too high, the uric acid may form hard crystals in your joints. Colchicine works by decreasing swelling and lessening the build up of uric acid crystals that cause pain in the affected joint(s). This medication is also used to prevent attacks of pain in the abdomen, chest, or joints caused by a certain inherited disease (familial Mediterranean fever).
Warning: Lookout for Dutching. The method used to process the raw cacao bean can affect the amount of flavanols in the end product. If your chocolate says âprocessed with alkaliâ on the nutrition label, then itâs going to have less flavanols (more). Processing with alkali is called âdutchingâ.
Foods may be classified in relation to the metabolic process as acid alkaline. Alkaliâs are soluble salts and acids are corrosive agents which have trouble combining with other things. A balanced diet contains 35% acid forming foods and 65% alkaline. Highly Alkaline.