In other aspects of these embodiments, it is preferred that one or more (where not mutually exclusive) of the following apply: 1) the patient is administered each dose of colchicine as one 0.6 mg colchicine tablet or as one half of a 0.6 mg colchicine tablet, 2) the patient is an adult, 3) the adult patient is less than 70 years old, 4) the patient is receiving concomitant administration of clarit