Apr 25, 2012 · A truly gluten-free diet can eliminate dermatitis herpetiformis, but in my experience and according to the National Institutes of Health, a dermatitis herpetiformis rash responds …

Oct 21, 2023 · Common prescription treatments for DH include: Dapsone: Dapsone is the most commonly prescribed medication for DH. It is an oral medication that belongs to the sulfone …

Oct 12, 2022 · The side effects of Dapsone ... it can cause hemolytic anemia and essentially breaks apart your red blood cells prematurely. It also artificially lowers your Ha1C. There are …

Jun 2, 2013 · Were members taking dapsone checked for G6pD and CBC before starting a dapsone regime and was the dosage increase a little each week after recheck lab work. My …

Feb 22, 2010 · Dapsone is also not a risk free drug and you want to be on it for as little time as possible. The ideal is to forgo the dapsone and just do the diet strictly as that alone will heal you.

Mar 10, 2006 · Dapsone makes me very sick, I don't think I would be willing to go through the process described. Why don't you try an alternate treatment first? Try 500mg of tetracyline and …

Jan 20, 2025 · Dapsone is an antibiotic and it does reduce the skin inflammation associated with dermatitis herpetiformis blisters as well as eliminating the itch. I don't think it affects the …

Mar 5, 2009 · My dermatologist used dapsone to confirm I had DH when the biopsy of a couple rash spots came back inconclusive. It is true that different people react differently to this drug. …

Nov 9, 2011 · There are others. While Dapsone is the drug of choice & by all accounts results are rapid; there are alternate drugs which do not have quite the danger or side effects as dapsone. …

Aug 26, 2011 · I took dapsone for more than 20 years, mostly 25-50 mg a day. My father took it for 30. Our doctor did not know about celiac But he DID urge us to quit eating wheat, which we …