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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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Slow my ALS progress 1 0

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Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dapsone (DDS) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Dapsone (DDS)

Stopped Taking Dapsone (DDS)

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.