What Is Dapsone?

Potential Uses

Oral dapsone may help treat dermatitis herpetiformis in adults and children. It may also help with two forms of leprosy. Specifically, it seems as if it helps with tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy. Patients may take this antibiotic with other medications as a Hansen's disease treatment. Other individuals may use it to help pneumocystis pneumonia and malaria. Some doctors believe that this medication may help prevent some cases of toxoplasmosis. The topical form of it seems to treat acne.

It appears that individuals may need to take dapsone with other medications for many conditions. Taking it with rifampin for tuberculoid leprosy may help prevent patients from becoming resistant to dapsone. Pneumocystis pneumonia patients may take this antibiotic with trimethoprim for their condition.

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