Preventive treatment with intravenous hemin — a therapy commonly used to treat acute porphyria attacks — reduced attack risk over the following week in people with acute hepatic porphyria who received their scheduled preventive dose rather than placebo, according to results from a small clinical trial. “This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled…
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“Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings” by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie is a pop culture history book. It isn’t a medical or scientific book. So how on earth could it save my sister’s life? The book is about the lives of women throughout history who were…
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Seasonal recall bias — when a person’s memory of a previous time of year is distorted by the way they feel in the present — may lead erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) patients to remember their summer symptoms as more severe and their treatments as less effective when they are describing…
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An experimental oral therapy that protects sensitive skin from painful reactions to sunlight is on track toward potential approval in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review an application seeking approval of the experimental oral therapy dersimelagon as a treatment for two types…
Becoming educated and informed about porphyria is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including the types, diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of some of our columnist’s words of wisdom to help you along on your porphyria journey.
There is no cure for porphyria yet, but there are therapies that can help manage the disease. Here you can find more information about some of the approved treatments for porphyria.
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