Acute Porphyria Drugs

R01AD08 - Fluticasone

Not porphyrinogenic
NP

Rationale
Probably insignificant systemic exposure. Several references stating non-porphyrinogenic metabolism of glucocorticoids.
Chemical description
Antiasthmatic antiinflammatory glucocorticoide, administered as inhalation powder (50 - 250 µg/dose). Systemic exposure about 16% of the taken dose. Rapidly metabolized by CYP 3A4 (within 3-4 hours). EPI-list: safe French list: authorized South African list: use Kalman, Bonkowski: safe The Merck Manual: safe Tschudy DP, Lamon JM: Porphyrin metabolism and the porphyrias, in Bondy PK, Rosenberg LE (eds.): Duncan's Diseases of Metabolism. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1980, p939: safe Moore MR, Hift RJ: Drugs in the acute porphyrias. Cell Mol Biol 43:89, 1997: safe
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References
# Citation details PubMed ID
1. Management of acute attacks in the porphyrias.
Kalman DR, Bonkovsky HL. Clin Dermatol. 1998; 16(2):299-306.
9554242
2. Drugs in the acute porphyrias--toxicogenetic diseases.
Moore MR, Hift RJ. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997 Feb; 43(1):89-94.
9074793
Other sources
3. Porphyrin metabolism and the Porphyrias [Book Chapter]
Tschudy DP, Lamon JM Bondy BK, Rosenberg LE (eds): Duncan's Diseases of Metabolism, Philadelphia, WB Saunders. 1980.
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