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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.

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 6 1 Efficacy_slight
Pneumonia symptoms 4 1 Efficacy_major
prophylactic antibiotic 3 0
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 3 1 Efficacy_none
pneumonia prophylaxis 2 1 Efficacy_major

See all 29 patients currently taking Dapsone (DDS)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 8

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Dapsone (DDS)

Anemia 1

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
  5 Number of Patients: 5 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 13 Number of Patients: 13 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
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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
 9 100%
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
 1 11%
Not at all
 8 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dapsone (DDS)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 6 86%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.