Duration of sulphone treatment of leprosy

ABSTRACT

An analysis is mead of the records of 19 lepromatous cases who were discharged from a Leprosarium in 1949. All cases were M/I before treatment, and became negative after treatment with one or more of three sulphones, viz. Promin, Diasone, and Sulphetrone. The duration of treatment varied from 29 to 53 months, the average duration of treatment being 41 months. The average amount of drugs given in this time was 297 g of Promin, 263 g of Diasone and 157 g of Suophetrone(AU)