Colchicine treatment of abdominal pains in porphyric patients.

Isr J Med Sci

Department of Internal Medicine B, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.

Published: February 1989

Four hepatic porphyria patients were treated with colchicine for abdominal pains. Colchicine administration during prodromal abdominal symptoms prevented the development of these abdominal crises. When colchicine was given after initiation of the crisis the duration and magnitude of the abdominal pains decreased.

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