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safe & unsafe drugs in acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), variegate porphyria (VP) & hereditary coproporphyria

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

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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