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Medication

Colchicine

Anti-inflammatory (gout / familial Mediterranean fever)

Brand names: Colcrys

Oral health effects

  • Oral ulceration / GI toxicity

    Mucosal ulceration and stomatitis can occur, particularly with toxicity; also used to treat some recurrent oral ulceration.

    Clinical management: Symptomatic care; be alert to dose-related toxicity; coordinate with the physician.

Sources

  1. A review and guide to drug-associated oral adverse effects-Oral mucosal and lichenoid reactions. Part 2. Teoh L, Moses G, McCullough MJ. Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 2019.