Learn About Dapsone

Precautions

Go over your medical history! Ladies, your doctor needs to know about everything so they make sure this medication's safe. Important points to cover are lung, heart, and liver disease. Do you have a blood condition like anemia? This is vital! Dapsone isn't safe for you if any of these apply! You need to treat anemia before this antibiotic's safe for you. Ladies, when you're pregnant or breastfeeding, you have to talk about this medication first too. Chances are, your doctor's not going to recommend it until later! You need to watch for more side effects with some conditions too. This means Hansen's disease! Extra side effects of dapsone are weak muscles, pain, skin sores, and numbness. Get treatment for all of them.

Remember to completely avoid alcohol and marijuana on this medication. You have to avoid the sun too! When you're in the sun, wear protective clothes and sunscreen. This is very important ladies, since this medication makes you more sensitive to the sun! Grab your hats too, and stay away from tanning beds. You have to stop eating gluten when you're taking this medication for some conditions too. One example is dermatitis herpetiformis! And remember, drink a full glass of water with each pill. Do it before or after a meal!

Medication Interactions

List all of your medications and supplements. Don't leave anything you take out, even vitamins. Ladies, this list is going to help you! It will let your doctor check for interactions with dapsone. Your pharmacist will double-check this before you get your prescription. Expect this one to interact with nitrofurantoin. Primaquine causes another one! You will have to avoid folic acid antagonists too, thanks to interactions. Of course, this med lowers the effectiveness of others. It happens with the oral typhoid vaccine. Dapsone's going to be less effective with saquinavir too. Discuss all of this with your doctor to make the right plans!