What is Porphyria

The porphyrias are inherited or acquired disorders of certain enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway (also called porphyrin pathway). They are broadly classif...

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Chloroquine for Porphyria
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Tell us about your personal experience with Chloroquine as a treatment: Has it worked? Have you had any issues? Any recommendations or tips?
Posted on 10/12/06, 08:10 am
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Reply #1 - 12/13/07  1:38pm
" Chloroquine was a disaster for me. It might be great for PCT but I have VP which wasn't known when Chloroquine was tried. I became very ill and my skin reacted with a huge breakout of new sores. "
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