Acute Porphyria Drugs

Monograph

D07AB10 - Alclometasone
Not porphyrinogenic
NP

Rationale
Several references stating non-porphyrinogenicity.
Chemical description
Moderately strong glucocorticoid used in dermatology. Risk for systemic exposure in application on large areas of the skin. Glucocorticoid: South African list: use. Kalman, Bonkovsky: believed to be safe. The Merck Manual: use. Moore MR, Hift RJ: Drugs in acute porphyria. Cell Mol Biol 43:89, 1997: safe. Tschudy DP, Lamon JM: Porphyrin metabolism and the Porphyrias in Bondy BK, Rosenberg LE (eds): Duncan’s Diseases of Metabolism, Philadelphia, WB Saunders 1980, p 939: safe.
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References
Tradenames

Alclometasone · Boots Derma Care Eczema & Dermatitis Flare-Up · Modrasone Afloderm Afloderm Afloderm
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