Colchicine myopathy.
Colchicine myopathy typically presents as painless muscle weakness. This report describes a post renal-transplant patient who presented with pain in both extremities bilaterally that was refractory to narcotic analgesics. He had been on low dose daily colchicine for 7 years. Laboratory, EMG, and biopsy findings all supported the diagnosis of colchicine myopathy. Symptoms subsided after discontinuation of colchicine. Myalgia as chief complaint is an unusual presentation of colchicine myopathy.
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Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003078:Colchicine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006073:Gout / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology
D006074:Gout Suppressants; D003078:Colchicine