Drugs that may commonly cause thrombocytopenia.*
| . | Number of reports . | |
|---|---|---|
| Drug (brand name) . | Definite evidence . | Probable evidence . |
| *Data from www.ouhsc.edu/platelets. Drugs were selected for this table because they had 5 or more published reports of individual patient data or group data with definite or probable evidence for a causal relation to thrombocytopenia. | ||
| Abciximab (ReoPro) | 6 | 7 |
| Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Panadol, and others) | 3 | 4 |
| Carbamezapine (Tegretol) | 0 | 10 |
| Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) | 0 | 5 |
| Cimetidine (Tagamet) | 1 | 5 |
| Danazol (Danocrine) | 3 | 4 |
| Diclofenac (Cataflam and Voltaren) | 2 | 3 |
| Efalizumab (Raptiva) | 0 | 6 |
| Eptifibatide (Integrilin) | 2 | 7 |
| Gold (Ridaura, Solganal, and others) | 0 | 11 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide (Aquazide-H, Esidrix, and others) | 0 | 5 |
| Interferon-α (Roferon-A and Intron A) | 1 | 6 |
| Methyldopa (Aldomet) | 3 | 3 |
| Nalidixic Acid (NegGram) | 1 | 5 |
| Quinidine (Quinaglute, Cardioquin, and others) | 26 | 32 |
| Quinine (Quinamm, Quindan, and others) | 14 | 10 |
| Ranitidine (Zantac) | 0 | 5 |
| Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane) | 5 | 5 |
| Tirofiban (Aggrestat) | 2 | 6 |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, and others) | 3 | 12 |
| Vancomycin (Vancoled) | 3 | 4 |
| . | Number of reports . | |
|---|---|---|
| Drug (brand name) . | Definite evidence . | Probable evidence . |
| *Data from www.ouhsc.edu/platelets. Drugs were selected for this table because they had 5 or more published reports of individual patient data or group data with definite or probable evidence for a causal relation to thrombocytopenia. | ||
| Abciximab (ReoPro) | 6 | 7 |
| Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Panadol, and others) | 3 | 4 |
| Carbamezapine (Tegretol) | 0 | 10 |
| Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) | 0 | 5 |
| Cimetidine (Tagamet) | 1 | 5 |
| Danazol (Danocrine) | 3 | 4 |
| Diclofenac (Cataflam and Voltaren) | 2 | 3 |
| Efalizumab (Raptiva) | 0 | 6 |
| Eptifibatide (Integrilin) | 2 | 7 |
| Gold (Ridaura, Solganal, and others) | 0 | 11 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide (Aquazide-H, Esidrix, and others) | 0 | 5 |
| Interferon-α (Roferon-A and Intron A) | 1 | 6 |
| Methyldopa (Aldomet) | 3 | 3 |
| Nalidixic Acid (NegGram) | 1 | 5 |
| Quinidine (Quinaglute, Cardioquin, and others) | 26 | 32 |
| Quinine (Quinamm, Quindan, and others) | 14 | 10 |
| Ranitidine (Zantac) | 0 | 5 |
| Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane) | 5 | 5 |
| Tirofiban (Aggrestat) | 2 | 6 |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, and others) | 3 | 12 |
| Vancomycin (Vancoled) | 3 | 4 |