Table 2

Drugs that probably can be safely given in normal therapeutic doses to G6PD-deficient patients without nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia

Acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol, Tralgon, hydroxyacetanilide) 
Acetophenetidin (phenacetin) 
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) 
Aminopyrine (Pyramidon, aminopyrine) 
Antazoline (Antistine) 
Antipyrine 
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) 
Benzhexol (Artane) 
Chloramphenicol 
Chlorguanidine (Proguanil, Paludrine) 
Chloroquine 
Colchicine 
Diphenyldramine (Benadryl) 
Isoniazid 
L-Dopa 
Menadione sodium bisulfite (Hykinone) 
p-Aminobenzoic acid 
p-Aminosalicylic acid 
Phenylbutazone 
Phenytoin 
Probenecid (Benemid) 
Procainamide hydrochloride (Pronestyl) 
Pyrimethamine (Daraprim) 
Quinine 
Streptomycin 
Sulfacytine 
Sulfadiazine 
Sulfaguanidine 
Sulfamerazine 
Sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol) 
Sulfamethoxypyridazine (Kynex) 
Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin) 
Tiaprofenic acid 
Trimethoprim 
Tripelennamine (Pyribenzamine) 
Vitamin K 
Acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol, Tralgon, hydroxyacetanilide) 
Acetophenetidin (phenacetin) 
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) 
Aminopyrine (Pyramidon, aminopyrine) 
Antazoline (Antistine) 
Antipyrine 
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) 
Benzhexol (Artane) 
Chloramphenicol 
Chlorguanidine (Proguanil, Paludrine) 
Chloroquine 
Colchicine 
Diphenyldramine (Benadryl) 
Isoniazid 
L-Dopa 
Menadione sodium bisulfite (Hykinone) 
p-Aminobenzoic acid 
p-Aminosalicylic acid 
Phenylbutazone 
Phenytoin 
Probenecid (Benemid) 
Procainamide hydrochloride (Pronestyl) 
Pyrimethamine (Daraprim) 
Quinine 
Streptomycin 
Sulfacytine 
Sulfadiazine 
Sulfaguanidine 
Sulfamerazine 
Sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol) 
Sulfamethoxypyridazine (Kynex) 
Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin) 
Tiaprofenic acid 
Trimethoprim 
Tripelennamine (Pyribenzamine) 
Vitamin K 

Further details may be found in Beutler.65 

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