Drugs associated with neutropenia

 
Heavy Metals
  • Gold, arsenic, mercurial diuretics
Analgesics
  • Aminopyrine
  • Dipyrone
  • Phenylbutazone
  • Ibuprofen
  • Indomethacin
  • Diflunisal
  • Benoxaprofen
  • Suldinac
  • Fenoprofen
  • Tolmetin
  • Cinchophen
Psych Meds
  • Phenothiazines
  • Clozapine
  • Imipramines
  • Chlorodiazepoxide
  • Amoxapine
  • Meprobramate
Anticonvulsants
  • Phenytoins
  • Ethosuximide

  • Carbamazine
Antithyroid
  • Thiouracils
  • Methimazole
  • Potassium perchlorate

  • Thiocyanate
Cardiovascular 
  • Procainamides
  • Captopril
  • Aprindine
  • Propafenone
  • Nifedipine
  • Quinidine
Sulfas
  • Sulfonamides
    • thiazide diuretics
    • spironolactone
    • methazolamide
    • acetazolamide
  • Oral hypoglycemics
  • Sulfasalazine
  • Dapsone
  • Sulfa antibiotics
Other Antibiotics
  • Penicillins
  • Vancomycin
  • Cephalosporins
  • Gentamicin
  • Clindamycin
  • Nitrofurantoin
  • Novobiocin
  • Anti-TB meds
    • isoniazid
    • rifampin
    • streptomycin
    • thiacetazone
  • Flucytosine
  • Pyrimethamine
  • Mebendazole
  • Levamisole
  • Antimalarials
  • Antivirals, esp. AZT
Antihistamines
  • Cimetidine
  • Ranitidine
  • Tripelennamine
  • Thenalidine
  • Chlorpheniramine
  • Bromopheniramine
  • Methapheniline
Miscellaneous
  • Retinoic Acid
  • Phenidione
  • Colchicine
  • Allopurinol
  • Aminoglutethimide
  • Metoclopramide
  • Ticlopidine
  • Tamoxifen
  • Penicillamine
  • 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-40-ene


Chemicals
 

  • Dinitrophenol
  • Insecticides (e.g., DDT)
  • Mustard gas
  • Chinese herbal medicine
  • Hair dye

Adapted table #4 in: Boxer, LA, and Blackwood, RA.  Leukocyte Disorders: Quantitative and Qualitative Disorders of the Neutrophil, Parts 1.  Pediatrics in Review, 17(1):19-28.


 
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