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Is colchicine safe?

I was treated Intravenously with colchicine for my HCV along with a Myers cocktail which is Vit.B complex.
I just found out it can cause bone marrow damage and lower WBC. Why would I be treated with this when I already have a challenged immune system from the HCV? Do you know anything about the UV treatment?

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So why weren't you given the interferon and ribavirin?  Have you tried it, but it didn't work?  The only ppl I know who have tried UV treatments were non-responders.  
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As far as I know, Colchicine is prescribed to treat gouty arthritis.  Myers Cocktail has been used to treat everything from clinical depression to hyperthyroidism.

Who treated you?  A doctor or an 'alternative' medicine 'practitioner'?

I don't know what you mean by "UV treatment".  Perhaps 'UV phototherapy' or 'ultra-violet light water therapy'.
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