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Noun
  1. (medicine) A drug, 4-[(4-aminobenzene)sulfonyl]aniline, used in the treatment of leprosy and similar infections
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Prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or dapsone plus pyrimethamine is recommended.
The patient was started on dapsone 100 mg daily, rifampin 600 mg monthly, clofazimine 50 mg daily, and clofazimine 300 mg monthly for 12 months.
In milder cases of bullous pemphigoid, other antiinflammatory medications such as dapsone and tetracyclines have proven effective.
Additional regimens include alternative dosing schedules of dapsone or inhaled pentamidine isethionate.
Skin lesions in linear IgA dermatosis and chronic bullous disease of childhood respond rapidly when treated with dapsone or sulfapyridine.
The sulfone antibiotic dapsone often is recommended, although no prospective trials support its use for bites in humans.

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