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. |
Additional regimens include alternative dosing schedules of dapsone or inhaled pentamidine isethionate. |
In milder cases of bullous pemphigoid, other antiinflammatory medications such as dapsone and tetracyclines have proven effective. |
Prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or dapsone plus pyrimethamine is recommended. |
The leprosy control program in Brazil distributes free dapsone, rifampin, and clofazimine as part of the World Health Organization multidrug regimen for treatment of leprosy. |
Chemotherapy for leprosy generally includes dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine, which themselves may affect genetic damage in treated leprosy patients. |