Dapsone 100mg daily

Pediatric Dapsone (Avlosulfon®) Types, Uses and Side Effects

White, dapsone 100mg daily, circular, biconvex uncoated tablets impressed dapsone on one face and the identifying letters "DS" on daily side of a central division line on the reverse. Posology and Method of Administration Posology Adults and children over 12 years: Multibacillary leprosy 3-drug regimen: Paucibacillary leprosy 2-drug regimen: Initially 50mg daily, gradually increased to mg daily if required.

In combination with trimethoprim, mg daily; mg twice 100mg or mg once weekly. Dosage should be reduced in the elderly where there is an impairment of hepatic function.

dapsone Method of Administration For oral administration. Dapsone should be used with caution in anaemia. Severe anaemia should be treated before starting Dapsone. Increased dapsone and trimethoprim concentrations have been reported following concurrent administration in AIDS patients. Pregnancy and Lactation It is now daily considered that the benefits of dapsone in the treatment of leprosy outweigh any potential risk to the pregnant patient.

Dapsone diffuses 100mg breast walmart pharmacy tretinoin and there has been a report of haemolytic anaemia in a breast fed infant.

Effects on ability to Drive and Use Machines None known. Hypoalbuminaemia and haemolytic anaemia has also been reported. Rash, photosensitivity and pruritis may develop, dapsone 100mg daily. Fixed drug eruptions have occurred, dapsone 100mg daily. A "dapsone syndrome" may occur after weeks therapy; symptoms include rash, which is always present, fever, and eosinophilia.

Deaths have been recorded, dapsone 100mg daily. Peripheral neuropathy with daily loss has been reported in patients on dapsone for dermatological conditions. Dapsone of suspected adverse reactions Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. Overdose Symptoms are hypoxia, methaemoglobinaemia 100mg haemolytic anaemia.

In severe overdosage the dapsone should be emptied by gastric lavage. Supportive therapy includes oxygen to alleviate hypoxia, and administration of fluids to maintain renal flow and promote the elimination of dapsone, dapsone 100mg daily.

Pharmacodynamic Properties Dapsone 100mg a sulphone active against a wide range of bacteria. Pharmacokinetic Properties Dapsone is almost completely absorbed from the GI tract with peak plasma concentrations occurring about hours after a dose.

Dapsone undergoes enterohepatic recycling. The half-life ranges from hours. Preclinical Safety Data There are no pre-clinical data of relevance to the prescriber daily are additional to that already included in other sections of the SPC, dapsone 100mg daily.