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A Guide To Porphyria

SAFE & UNSAFE DRUGS
IN
Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Variegate porphyria and Coproporphyria

that are commonly prescribed by Canadian physicians

The potential for a drug inducing an acute attack of porphyria is based primarily on clinical experience although some tests have been carried out on animals with experimental porphyria. This list must serve as a guide only since individual patient reactions to individual drugs is complex and unpredictable. For example, the birth control pills are usually contraindicated in AIP but they are often prescribed to prevent the onset of the acute attacks which are directly related to the menstrual cycles.

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