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benjamin,

I'm not well versed on either pseudogout or the problem with the IV colchicine. But let me say that IF you are taking two drugs and you develop a symptom it is often hard to pinpoint which is causing it (or both.)

Oral colchicine, although it can cause severe INTESTINAL difficulty is not likely to cause stomach damage. Celebrex, like all NSAIDS, on the other hand is often the cause of gastritis or stomach ulceration. Talk to your doctor about using JUST the colchicine and hope he hasn;t been brainwashed by the “Celebrex NEVER causes problems” school of pharmacology. IF you have frank ulceration, I hope your doctor did a biopsy for Helicobacter pylorii while he was in there with the scope.

Geez, intravenous colchicne sounds like a VERY tough regimen to adhere to. How often does one need to get “filled up?”