Drug-induced Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency

Medicines and other substances likely to be UNSAFE in moderate to severe G6PD deficiency 

Medications:

 - Chlorpropamide 

 - Dabrafenib 

 - Dapsone (diaminodiphenyl sulfone) 

 - Methylene blue (methylthioninium chloride) 

 - Nitrofurantoin, nifuratel and nitrofurazone (nitrofuraI) 

 - Phenazopyridine (pyridium) 

 - Primaquine 

 - Rasburicase and pegloticase 

Chemical exposures and foods: 

 - Fava beans 

 - Henna compounds (black and red Egyptian) 

 - Naphthalene (mothballs, lavatory deodorant) 

 - Phenylhydrazine 

 - "RUSH" (isobutyl nitrate, amyl nitrate) 



By Dr. Kathryn Watson @Kat_Watson



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