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Discussion Forums => Thalassemia Minor => Topic started by: himynameishuman on February 17, 2020, 10:26:49 PM

Title: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: himynameishuman on February 17, 2020, 10:26:49 PM

Has anyone found any medical articles on drugs (mainly sulfa and other antibiotics) that they can share the links too?   I am actively looking but I cannot find any.  Your help is greatly appreciated.  Finding medical evidence to this list is crucial.

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: Andy Battaglia on February 28, 2020, 11:07:08 PM

The potential of sulfa drugs to cause hemolysis in alpha thal patients is mentioned by every thalassemia website, but when I tried to find articles about it, every article I found was a subscription needed article. Some key words to use in searches are hemolysis, alpha thalassemia, sulfa drugs and favism.

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: himynameishuman on March 26, 2020, 12:06:15 AM

http://cooleysanemia.org/updates/HemHEnglish.pdf

This has ithe medications to avoid.

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: Melissa A Tan on March 30, 2020, 08:59:46 AM

I have HbE trait and am allergic to Bactrim

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: Andy Battaglia on April 22, 2020, 05:56:20 PM

It's a sulfur drug, so it's not surprising it causes you problems.

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: AirJordan on May 08, 2020, 08:56:02 PM

Wait why does Sulfer drugs cause problems? Ive been allergic to Sulfer drugs my whole life and had no idea why?

Title: Re: Thalassemia Trait/Minor Avoid List
Post by: Andy Battaglia on May 14, 2020, 04:12:23 PM

Sulfur drugs can cause a breakdown of red blood cells in thalassemics. Sulfur should be avoided whenever possible.