G6PD Deficiency Reference Guide
Medications to Avoid Safe to take But only in normal therapeutic doses [!!!] G6PD Deficiency Reference Guide Analgesics / Antipyretics acetanilid, acetophenetidin (phenacetin), (Quoted from Ernest Beutler, M.D., “Glucose-6- amidopyrine (aminopyrine) *, Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency,” in Eryth- What is G6PD Deficiency? antipyrine *, aspirin *, phenacetin, rocyte disorders: Anemias due to increased destruc- probenicid, pyramidone tion of erythrocytes with enzyme deficiencies, p. 598.) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase likely to be affected by this condition than (G6PD) deficiency is the most common are females. Genetic testing is available to Miscellaneous Acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol, human enzyme deficiency; it affects an identify a deficiency in G6PD in both alpha-methyldopa, ascorbic acid *, Tralgon, hydroxyacetanilide), estimated 400 million people worldwide. males and females. dimercaprol (BAL), hydralazine, Acetophenetidin (phenacetin), G6PD deficiency is also known as It is very important to tell any doctor or mestranol, methylene blue, nalidixic acid, Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) *, “favism,” since G6PD deficient individu- other health professional (such as nurse or naphthalene, niridazole, Aminopyrine (Pyramidon, amidopyrine) *, als are also allergic to fava beans. pharmacist) that you have G6PD Defi- phenylhydrazine, toluidine blue, Antazoline (Antistine), G6PD deficiency is a genetic condition ciency to avoid a possible harmful reaction trinitrotoluene, urate oxidase, vitamin Antipyrine *, that is inherited in an
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