Category: Toxicology
Keywords: heparin, cimetidine, thrombocytopenia (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/22/2010 by Fermin Barrueto
(Updated: 12/26/2024)
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Here are is a list of common drugs that will cause thrombocytopenia as a result of antiplatelet antibodies (its not just heparin!). This list is not complete but are common ones that you will see in the ED, coming from USH or on the floors/units during residency:
Abciximab, Acetaminophen, amiodarone, amphotericin B, ASA
Carbamazepine, cimetidine
Digoxin
Methyldopa
Quinidine, Quinine
Rifampin
Trimethoprin-sulfamethoxazole
Vancomycin