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- noun A
fat -soluble riminophenazinedye used to treatleprosy .
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Chinese scientists are working on a new class of TB drugs based on an old drug called clofazimine, previously used to treat leprosy, said Ann Ginsberg, chief medical officer of the TB Alliance, a US-based non-profit scientific group that pulls together partners to develop new TB drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Chinese scientists are working on a new class of TB drugs based on an old drug called clofazimine, previously used to treat leprosy, said Ann Ginsberg, chief medical officer of the TB Alliance, a US-based non-profit scientific group that pulls together partners to develop new TB drugs.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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Caught early enough, leprosy can be cured today with the antibiotics dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine.
Matt Bivens: Cure Millions of Leprosy -- or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break? 2009
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Multi-drug treatment, consisting of rifampin, DDS, and clofazimine, is now recommended by the World Health Organization.
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Clofazimine can be used instead of DDS, as clofazimine helps to reduce reactions and fights the leprosy bacilli.
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MDT consists of three drugs: dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine.
Chapter 2 1999
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The dose of clofazimine can often be increased (to 200 mg. daily in adults) and later reduced as the reaction lessens.
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· Rifampicin and clofazimine, the other two components of MDT, were discovered in the early
Chapter 2 1999
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Dosage for clofazimine - (1 mg./kg./day): - using capsules of 50 mg.
Chapter 31 1993
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Give one dose of clofazimine each day and a second, larger dose once a month.
Chapter 31 1993
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