Table 1 Drugs or toxins that can cause methaemoglobinaemia
Aniline dyes
Antimalarials
Benzene derivates
Dapsone, rasburicase and phenazopyridine
Inadequately cooked vegetables contaminated with bacteria
Local anaesthetics (benzocaine, prilocaine, lidocaine)
Nitric and nitrous oxides
Nitrites
Nitroglycerine
Nitroprusside
Paraquat
Phenacetin
Phenytoin
Silver nitrate
Smoke inhalation
Sodium valproate
Sulfasalazine
Sulfonamides
Zopiclone