All of the following drugs cause hemolysis in patients with G-6 PD deficiency except: (A) Primaquine, (B) Chloroquine, (C) Quinine, (D) Primethanamine
Answer is D. (Ref: KDT 7/e p66) Impoant drugs causing hemolysis in G-6-PD deficiency are - Primaquine -Dapsone -Sulfonamidesi - Nitrofurantoin Aspirin Menadione - Chloroquine -Quinine -Nalidixic acid Sulfonamides can cause hemolvsis in patients with G-6-PD deficiency and not pyrimethamine.