The Administration of Sulphur through Drugs and Foods in the Course of Sulphonamide Therapy
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It has generally been considered unsafe to give onions, eggs and other sulphur-containing foodstuffs, as well as medicines containing sulphur, to a patient who is receiving the sulphonamide group of drugs. It has been said that the sulphur moiety may lead to sulphsemoglobinsemia which causes cyanosis; the sulphsemoglobin, not being reconvertible into haemoglobin, reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. Archer and Discombe (1937) suggested that only
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