G6PD-Deficiency
Table 1

List of drugs and chemical agents which are known to be potentially haemolytic in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient individuals

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Pamaquin  
Pentaquine phosphate
Phenacetin
Phenazone
Phenazopyridine
Phenylbutazone
Phenylhydrazine hydrochloride
Phenytoin
Primaquine
Probenecid
Procainamide
Pyrimethamine
Quinidine
Quinine

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Listed in the British National Formulary 5.
doses of up to 30mg weekly over a duration of 8 weeks lead to no undue harmful effects in black people of African and Asian origins
Listed in Glucose-6-phosphate deficiency - a preventable cause of mental retardation by Singh, H. 20.
drugs and chemicals that can induce haemolytic anaemia in persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency listed in Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency by Beutler, E.3.
drugs that can safely be given in therapeutic doses to persons who have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency without non-spherocytic haemolytic anaemia


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Prepared on 01 Jan 2008 by teekoonhien

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