5. Adverse events (Poupon 1996).
| Adverse event | Colchicin‐UDCA* | UDCA‐placebo |
| Variceal bleeding | 1/37 | 2/37 |
| Death | 2/37 | 0/37 |
| Peripheral polyneuropathy | 1/37 | 0/37 |
* UDCA = ursodeoxycholic acid.
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