Acute Porphyria Drugs

N05AB01 - Dixyrazine

Probably not porphyrinogenic
PNP

Rationale
Porphyrinogenic in animal model. Several references consider (phenothiazines in general) to be safe.
Chemical description
Antiemetic and sedative low-dose phentiazine derivative. High first passage metabolism. Probably metabolized by CYP2D6. No data pointing to CYP-induction.
Personal communication
Frequently used (Sweden), including during acute porphyric crises, without adverse effects.
IPNet drug reports
Uneventful use reported in 1 patient with acute porphyria.
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References
# Citation details PubMed ID
1. Drugs in the acute porphyrias--toxicogenetic diseases.
Moore MR, Hift RJ. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997 Feb; 43(1):89-94.
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