Dapsone

داپسون

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🦠 Antiinfectives For Systemic UseSulfone (antileprotic)

Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA

Dapsone (US)

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) · Regimen source: FDA Dapsone · Dosage and Administration

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🛡️ Safety & information

Contraindications

Warnings

  • • Fatal agranulocytosis, aplastic anaemia and blood dyscrasias — frequent CBC; haemolysis (especially G6PD deficiency); methaemoglobinaemia. FDA Dapsone · Warnings

Formulations

👥 Special populations

  • 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

    Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Dapsone · Pregnancy:

    “Teratogenic Effects: Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with dapsone.”
  • 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

    Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Dapsone · Nursing Mothers:

    “Dapsone is excreted in breast milk in substantial amounts.”
  • 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

    The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Dapsone · Pediatric Use:

    “Pediatric patients are treated on the same schedule as adults but with correspondingly smaller doses.”
  • 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

    Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Dapsone · GERIATRIC USE

  • ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

    The source for this drug has no section for this group.

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