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Is Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Safe For A Patient Suffering From G6PD Deficiency?

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Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2016
Question: Is Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide safe for those with g6pd ?
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Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (19 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
it's not consider an unsafe drug

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

dextromethorphan is not considered a potential trigger of hemolysis in patients with G6PD deficiency. Please check whether dextromethorphan is the only active ingredient of the formulation you're about to give him and also read the summary of product characteristics to exclude that any other (besides the active ones) ingredients interfere with the G6PD pathway. It should be clearly indicated in there.

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Is Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Safe For A Patient Suffering From G6PD Deficiency?

Brief Answer: it's not consider an unsafe drug Detailed Answer: Hello, dextromethorphan is not considered a potential trigger of hemolysis in patients with G6PD deficiency. Please check whether dextromethorphan is the only active ingredient of the formulation you're about to give him and also read the summary of product characteristics to exclude that any other (besides the active ones) ingredients interfere with the G6PD pathway. It should be clearly indicated in there. Kind Regards!