Patent ID: 8039516

Claim:
A method of using colchicine for the treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever in a human adult or child >12 years of age in need of treatment thereof, said method comprising: orally administering a reduced colchicine dosage amount to the human adult or child >12 years of age in need of treatment for Familial Mediterranean Fever who is concomitantly receiving administration of clarithromycin within 1 to 2 days of oral administration of colchicine, wherein the reduced colchicine dosage amount is reduced compared to a daily dosage amount to be administered in the absence of concomitant clarithromycin, wherein the daily dosage amount to be administered in the absence of concomitant clarithromycin is a maximum of 2.4 mg per day, and wherein the reduced colchicine dosage amount is a maximum of 0.6 mg per day.