01002nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653001200071653001400083653001100097653001300108653001200121653001300133100001700146700001300163700001600176700001800192245009200210300001000302490000700312520041500319022001400734 1986 d c1986 Dec10aClofazimine10aDapsone10aHalf-Life10aHumans10aKinetics10aleprosy10aRifampin1 aVenkatesan K1 aMathur A1 aGirdhar B K1 aBharadwaj V P00aThe effect of clofazimine on the pharmacokinetics of rifampicin and dapsone in leprosy. a715-80 v183 a

Fifteen untreated leprosy patients were given rifampicin and dapsone for seven days, and then rifampicin, dapsone and clofazimine for seven days. Concentrations of rifampicin and dapsone were estimated in timed plasma specimens and in 24 h urine specimens on days 7 and 14. No significant differences in the pharmacokinetics of rifampicin and dapsone were observed between the two occasions of sampling.

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