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n. - Antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases.

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  • The best medicine is dapsone, if possible combined with rifampin and clofazimine.
  • - If severe anaemia or leucopenia develops, stop treatment and replace dapsone with another
  • LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY (dispensary) rifampicin (PO): 600 mg once per month, supervised dapsone
  • Caught early enough, leprosy can be cured today with the antibiotics dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine.
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