safe & unsafe drugs in acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), variegate porphyria (VP) & hereditary coproporphyria
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Introduction
Safe & unsafe drugs in acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), variegate porphyria (VP) & hereditary coproporphyria.
Safe:
- narcotic analgesics
- aspirin
- acetaminophen
- phenothiazines
- penicillins
- streptomycin
- glucocorticoids
- bromides
- insulin
- atropine
Unsafe:
- barbiturates
- sulfonamides
- meprobamate
- glutethimide
- methyprylon
- ethchlorvynol
- mephenytoin
- succinimides
- carbamazepine
- valproic acid
- pyrazolones
- griseofulvin
- ergot alkaloids
- estrogens
- progestins
- danazol
- alcohol
Additional terms
- acute intermittent porphyria (AIP); Swedish porphyria
- hereditary coproporphyria
- variegate porphyria (VP, mixed porphyria)
References
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 2076