Management of attacks requires intensive care, strict avoidance of porphyrinogenic drugs and other precipitating factors, caloric support, and often heme therapy. The non-acute porphyrias are porphyria cutanea tarda, erythropoietic protoporphyria, X-linked protoporphyria, and the rare congenital erythropoietic porphyria.
acute porphyria is called acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). AIP porphyria, if you have the condition, avoid triggers to help prevent
A list of drugs to avoid should be given to the patient, as certain drugs can precipitate acute attacks of porphyria.
People with porphyria should as far as possible avoid taking any drug. They should also avoid recreational drugs such as cannabis, and should limit exposure to
by RA Neeleman Cited by 21Acute intermittent porphyria, diagnosis, erythropoietic porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda, porphyrias Drug Database for Acute Porphyria (www.drugs-porphyria.
Like other drugs containing sulfonamides, BACTRIM can precipitate porphyria crisis and hypothyroidism. Avoid use of BACTRIM in patients with porphyria or
There are four neurologic porphyrias: acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), variegate porphyria Information on the safety of drugs in porphyria
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). A mutation in Acute intermittent porphyria Alcohol, smoking and drugs should be at the top of your list to avoid.
Drugs are the most common factor precipitating the acute attack of porphyrias, and it is essential that people with the acute porphyrias avoid taking any drug which may induce an acute attack. (Of course, if you have porphyria cutanea tarda or erythropoietic protoporphyria, you need not worry as these conditions are not aggravated by drugs.)
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WTF?
If Saddletramp thinks Ernesto deserves Rick's thanks and friendship, the author has a very odd view of loyalty.
also as someone who has expirience with drugs i feel the need to say that ecstasy doesnt lead to harder drugs because nobody takes ecstasyand thinks „this is nice i am trying heroin next!“
if light drugs lead to hard drugs how do you explain all the people who drink alcohol and never do other drugs?
everybody who takes harder drugs drinks water does this mean water lead to harder drugs too?
i know this is the wrong place for discussions like this but this site is full of stories which feature getting drunk and i am fed up by the double standard in this comment section and in society in general