G6PD Deficiency


FOODS TO AVOID in G6PD DEFICIENCY:
  • Fava beans

DRUGS TO AVOID in G6PD DEFICIENCY:
  • Barbiturates
  • Diaminodiphenyl sulfone (Dapsone)          
  • Flutamide (Eulexin)
  • Furazolidone (Furoxone)
  • Isobutyl nitrite
  • Methylene blue
  • Niridazole (Ambilhar)
  • Nitrofurantoin (Furadantin)
  • Phenazopyridine (Pyridium)
  • Primaquine
  • Rasburicase (Elitek)
  • Sulfacetamide
  • Sulfanilamide
  • Sulfapyridine


DRUGS TO BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION
    (usually in reduced doses):
  • Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
  • Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
  • Antazoline (Antistine)
  • Antipyrine
  • Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (intravenous use)    
  • Benzhexol (Artane)
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Chlorguanidine (Proguanil, Paludrine)
  • Chloroquine
  • Colchicine
  • Diphenyldramine (Benadryl)
  • Glyburide (glibenclamide, Diabeta, Glynase)
  • Isoniazid
  • L-Dopa
  • Quinine
  • Streptomycin
  • Sulfacytine
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Sulfaguanidine
  • Sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol)
  • Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin)
  • Trimethoprim
  • Tripelennamine (Pyribenzamine)
  • Vitamin K




Updated May, 2019