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What is Dapsone (DDS)?

Dapsone is an antibiotic used for the treatment or prevention of pneumonia. It is thought to work by decreasing levels of 4-Aminobenzoic acid, an essential nutrient for bacteria. It also may be used for treatment of skin infections, malaria, or certain types of arthritis. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Prevent infection 5 1 Efficacy_slight
Pneumonia 4 1 Efficacy_major
prophylactic antibiotic 3 0
pneumonia prophylaxis 2 1 Efficacy_major
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 2 1 Efficacy_none

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 5 g daily 100 mg every other week 10 mg daily 100 mg weekly 300 mg weekly 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dapsone (DDS) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 44%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 31%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 19%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%
Other 1   Other: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped taking Dapsone (DDS)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Dapsone (DDS)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Dapsone (DDS)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Dapsone (DDS)

Always
 7 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Dapsone (DDS)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 7 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dapsone (DDS)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 4 80%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.