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Clofazimine is a phenazine dye and is believed to work by interfering with DNA. [1] Clofazimine was discovered in the 1950s at Trinity College, Dublin, [6] and approved for medical use in the United States in 1986. [1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [7]
Ulcerative lesions caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans respond well to clofazimine. It also has some activity against M. tuberculosis and can be used as last resort therapy for the treatment of MDR tuberculosis. The most disturbing adverse reaction to clofazimine is a red-brown discoloration of the skin, especially in light-skinned persons.
As of 2016, the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male defines late-onset hypogonadism as a series of symptoms in older adults related to testosterone deficiency that combines features of both primary and secondary hypogonadism; the European Male Aging Study (a prospective study of ~3000 men) [10] defined the condition by the presence of at least three sexual symptoms (e.g ...
Dapsone is commonly used in combination with rifampicin and clofazimine for the treatment of leprosy. [4] It is also used to both treat and prevent pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). [ 4 ] [ 10 ] It is also used for toxoplasmosis in people unable to tolerate trimethoprim with sulfamethoxazole .
Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions).
The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings.
Crystal-storing histiocytosis is a form of histiocytosis that mostly occurs in people with monoclonal gammopathies. [1] [2] Histiocytosis is an excessive number of histiocytes (an immune cell type which is part of the mononuclear phagocyte system).
The old trained men have succinate dehydrogenase activities within their type IIa muscle fibers similar to those in young men and twofold higher than in old normal fit men. [ 20 ] Neural changes like reduced motor unit discharge rates, increased variability of motor unit discharge activity, altered recruitment and derecruitment behavior mediate ...