title: Colchicine treatment of abdominal pains in porphyric patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine B, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wysenbeek
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schoenfeld
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leibovici
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atsmon
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine