title: [Social problems of porphyria].
abstract: Late consequences of the attacks of acute porphyrias were studied. Among 312 patients who were investigated the motor disability (neuropathy) was found in 9 patients, psychoneurological changes in 1 case and drug abuse in 7 subjects. In the group of 200 patients in remission (chosen at random) 72 persons (36%) received a disability pension. The existence of problems in change of the profession when it was necessary for health-reasons was marked. It was find that Dolargan (Pethidine) is too often applied to the patients in remission. It was made the warning that drug dependence will arise very easy in patients with porphyria.
authors.affiliation: Poradni i Pracowni Badań nad Porfiria Instytutu Hematologii i Transfuzjologii w Warszawie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarczyńska-Nosal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kostrzewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008614:Meperidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D008614:Meperidine
vernacular_title: Problemy społeczno--socjalne w porfirii.