sulphone การใช้

• Treated with modern sulphone drugs, leprosy no longer ravages the body to the extent it once did, and is not contagious.
• It was argued that Fantome Island had outlived its usefulness, as continuous dosage with sulphone drugs for three months or more rendered the vast majority of Hansen's disease patients non-infectious.
• However, as this officer changed every eight weeks, Gabriel stated that there was no time for any one Medical Officer to become " even superficially conversant with the specific Sulphone or other treatment for Hansen's disease ".
• Sulphone drugs such as dapsone and sulphetrone had side effects including anaemia, gastro-intestinal complaints and " dapsone syndrome " which could include dizziness, nausea, swelling of limbs and face, nodules under the skin and shivering attacks.