23 September 2021 · Topical medicines are safe to use in porphyria when applied to intact skin. Topical oestrogen and progesterone may be a concern in certain types of porphyria.
26 August 2021 · Medicines listed as safe should preferably be used. However in a life-threatening situation no drug should be withheld from a patient with porphyria.
6 August 2021 · This series of articles describes the different types of porphyria and making safer medicine choices for individuals with this condition.
10 December 2020 · Advice for patients with porphyria The UK Porphyria Medicines Information Service and the National Acute Porphyria Service consultants consider the new COVID-19 vaccines to be…
29 May 2020 · The UK Porphyria Medicines Information Service (UKPMIS) and Cardiff Porphyria Service produce a list of medicines that are considered to be safe for use in…
10 January 2020 · Topical (applied to the skin) treatments for acne are considered to be safer than oral treatments in people with an acute form of porphyria, provided…
20 December 2019 · Non-acute porphyrias include congenital erythropoietic porphyria, erythropoietic protoporphyria and porphyria cutanea tarda. If a person has an unequivocal diagnosis of congenital erythropoietic porphyria or erythropoietic…
20 December 2019 · Most travel vaccines are safe in the acute porphyrias, but there has been an unpublished report of an acute porphyria attack following yellow fever vaccination.…
29 November 2018 · The recommended dose for haem arginate is 3mg/kg (to a maximum of 250mg) once daily for 4 consecutive days. It should be administered as an…