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Dr. Ernest Beutler
(Sep. 30, 1928 – Oct. 5, 2008)

Dr. Ernest Beutler, who first identified the G6PD enzyme deficiency in 1953, the man who was most instrumental in establishing this Web site back in 1996, a giant among scientists and a most generous, gracious person, passed away on October 5.
See obituaries in The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. A more detailed biography on Wikipedia. To read some of his articles, turn to our list of Research Papers.

LOW-RISK DRUGS FOR G6PD DEFICIENTS

Low-risk drugs which can probably be given in NORMAL THERAPEUTIC DOSES to G-6-PD-deficient subjects without nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia
By Ernest Beutler, M.D. (see complete article here)

[Most important phrase to note here is "in normal therapeutic doses." Some of the listed drugs appear also in our To Avoid List under "low risk."]

  • Acetaminophen (paracetamol, Tylenol, Tralgon, hydroxyacetanilide)
  • Acetophenetidin (phenacetin)
  • Aminopyrine (Pyramidon, amidopyrine)
  • Antazoline (Antistine)
  • Antipyrine
  • Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
  • Benzhexol (Artane)
  • Chloramphenicol [high risk for Mediterranean and Asian variants]
  • Chlorguanidine (Proguanil, Paludrine)
  • Chloroquine
  • Colchicine
  • Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
  • Isoniazid
  • L-Dopa
  • Menadione sodium bisulfite (Hykinone)
  • Menapthone
  • p-Aminobenzoic acid
  • Phenylbutazone
  • Phenytoin
  • Probenecid (Benemid)
  • Procain amide hydrochlonde (Pronestyl)
  • Pyrimethamine (Daraprim)
  • Quinidine
  • Quinine
  • Streptomycin
  • Sulfacytine
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Sulfaguanidine
  • Sulfamerazine
  • Sulfamethoxypyridazine (Kynex)
  • Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin)
  • Trimethoprim
  • Tripelennamine (pyribenzamine)
  • Vitamin K
See also R&D Diagnostics Ltd: Updated list with trade names (purchase also test kit).
The Association is affiliated with UNIAMO, Italian Federation for Rare Diseases, which in turn is member of EURORDIS, European Organization for Rare Diseases.

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