THE PORPHYRIA INFORMATION
CENTRE AT UCT
The
Porphyria Information Centre is
a unique service offering advice
and assistance to doctors, pharmacists,
people with porphyria and their
families. It operates from within
the MRC/UCT Liver Research Centre
and works closely with our diagnostic
laboratory and our clinicians. Among
our most important functions are
giving:
- advice on the diagnosis of porphyria
and on how to be tested
- advice on management
- drug safety information.
We
maintain a comprehensive database
of published and unpublished information
on the safety of drugs in porphyria,
which we make available via telephonic
consultations, our published booklet
and from this website.
When calling for advice on drug safety,
please keep the box or package handy.
Drugs are sold under two names: the
generic name (an official name which
we need to look up the drug) and any
number of trade names, which make
identification difficult for us since
they may frequently change.
OUR ADDRESS
Porphyria Information
Centre
MRC/UCT Liver Research Centre
K Floor
Old Main Building
Groote Schuur Hospital
Observatory
7925
| Telephone |
021-4066332
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| Fax |
021-4479670 |
| E-mail |
porphyria@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za |
An answering service
operates when the office is unoccupied.
Please leave your name, telephone number
and give some idea of the nature of your
request if you reach the answering machine.
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