AVOID AUTUMN CROCUS unless prescribed

AUTUMN CROCUS  Colchicum autumnale, meadow saffron, naked lady, are made into the drug colchicine useful for gout. Colchicine has been used in the lab to treat PKD, in the lab ↓ cysts. FDA has ordered companies to stop marketing unapproved drug products that contain colchicine in an injectable dosage form. Colchicine has been prescribed for the treatment of acute gout attacks but the FDA says the therapeutic index of the substance is so small that a dangerous overdose can easily occur.

↑toxic
↑useful for gout