G6PD-Deficiency : Table 1: Haemolytic Drugs and Chemicals

G6PD-DeficiencyTable 1

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

A to C

D to O

P to R

S to Z

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Streptomycine
Sulfamethoxypyridazine
Sulfixosazole
Sulfoxone sodium
Sulphacetamide
Sulphamethoxazole
Sulphonamides
Sulphones
Trimethoprim
Tripelenamine
Vitamin K

A to C D to O P to R S to Z bullets

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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	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