Patent ID: 7601758

Claim:
A method of using colchicine to treat a gout flare in a human patient who is receiving concomitant administration of clarithromycin or erythromycin, said method comprising: determining a first colchicine dosage amount adapted for oral administration to the patient to treat a gout flare in the absence of concomitant administration of clarithromycin or erythromycin, determining a second colchicine dosage amount that is about a two thirds reduction of the first colchicine dosage amount, orally administering the second colchicine dosage amount to the patient who is experiencing a gout flare and is concomitantly receiving administration of clarithromycin or erythromycin, wherein concomitant administration of clarithromycin or erythromycin is administration within 1 to 2 days of orally administering the second colchicine dosage amount, and not repeating colchicine administration for at least three days.