title: Acute colchicine intoxication during clarithromycin administration in patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: Colchicine is an effective antiinflammatory medication. It should be used with great caution, however, in patients requiring dialysis. Coadministration of colchicine and macrolides may impair colchicine elimination, resulting in excess drug exposure and toxicity. We report 2 renal failure cases of colchicine intoxication occurring with the administration of clarithromycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Uludağ University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey. akdagi@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akdag
authors.forename: Alpaslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahvecioglu
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gullulu
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dilek
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003078:Colchicine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; C510163:CYP3A4 protein, human; D017291:Clarithromycin; D003078:Colchicine