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  1. (medicine) A drug, 4-[(4-aminobenzene)sulfonyl]aniline, used in the treatment of leprosy and similar infections
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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.

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