Here's the website : That explains this x-linked recessive genetic disorder of metabolism, also called favism because eating fava beans & their products causes hemolytic anemia ( the breaking of red blood cells) in people with g6pd deficiency. Anti-malarial drugs & infections from some viruses & bacteria can also cause hemolysis. See http://ghr.Nlm.Nih.Gov/condition/glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase-deficiency.
Answered 11/28/2017
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G6PD meds: See this link for a list of g6pd meds that are low-risk: http://www.G6pd.Org/en/g6pddeficiency/safeunsafe/lowrisk.Aspx and here is a list of high-risk drugs: http://www.G6pd.Org/en/g6pddeficiency/safeunsafe/daevitare_iss-it.
Answered 1/21/2017
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