An old drug with a new use

Colchicine is a well-known anti-inflammatory medication. It is used for gout, pericarditis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. This study, colchicine suppressed the activated neutrophils in atherosclerotic plaques in patient with CAD and unstable angina and decreased cardiovascular events defined as acute coronary syndrome, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke.  Click here to to go to the study.

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