Effect of High-Dose Vitamin C Infusion in a Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Patient

الملخص EN

Vitamin C supplementation is generally regarded as benign.

There has been a resurgence of interest in the general medical community regarding the use of vitamin C most notably in the care of sepsis.

Nonetheless, caution must be taken if supraphysiologic vitamin C supplementation is being administered as it should be considered a medication just like any other.

We present a case of hemolysis in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase- (G6PD-) deficient patient receiving high-dose vitamin C infusions for his rheumatoid arthritis.