most common drugs that cause aplastic anemia
Chemicals used in insecticides (chlorophe-. nothane), glue (toluene), and Stoddard solvent. (petroleum distillates) have also been associated with. aplastic anemia. Drugs. Chloramphenicol was, at one point, the most. common cause of drug-induced aplastic anemia in the. United States. Anticonvulsant medications, in particular. carbamazepine and hydantoins, are also associated with. the development of aplastic anemia.