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A. Quinine
B. Chioroquine
C. Primaquine
D. Pyrimethamine
Ans. D. (Pyrimethamine)
Explanation
• “Antimalarials such as primaquine increase red blood cell fragility in individuals with G6PD deficiency leading to profound hemolytic anemia.”
Both chloroquine and quinine occasionally cause hemolysis in some G6PD patients. Under pyrimethamine hemolysis in G6PD has not been mentioned unlike the other drugs.
Hemolysis in G6PD deficiency is caused by all of the following EXCEPT
A. Quinine
B. Chioroquine
C. Primaquine
D. Pyrimethamine
Ans. D. (Pyrimethamine)
Explanation
• “Antimalarials such as primaquine increase red blood cell fragility in individuals with G6PD deficiency leading to profound hemolytic anemia.”
Both chloroquine and quinine occasionally cause hemolysis in some G6PD patients. Under pyrimethamine hemolysis in G6PD has not been mentioned unlike the other drugs.
