UMEM Educational Pearls

Category: Toxicology

Title: Drugs That Develop Lupus Anticoagulants

Keywords: lupus, anticoagulants, thrombosis (PubMed Search)

Posted: 5/19/2011 by Fermin Barrueto, MD (Updated: 3/28/2024)
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The following list of medications have been associated with the development of Lupus Anticoagulants. Though it sounds like they should anticoagulate, they interfere with the Protein C system which means that they could induce a pro-thrombotic state - good short list to know:

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine

Procainamide (sorry Amal, I know you love that drug)

Hydralazine

Quinidine

Phenytoin