Which is not a side effect of dapsone ?
Ans. is 'b i.e., Myopathy Adverse effects of dapsone The most common adverse effect of dapsone is hemolytic anaemia (Patients with G-6-PP deficiency are more susceptible). Second most common adverse effect is methemoglobinemia. Other side effects are - Nausea, anorexia, headache, paresthesia, drug fever, mental symptoms, rashes, fixed drug eruption, hypermelanosis (Pigmentation), phototoxicity, exfoliative dermatitis, hepatitis, agranulocytosis, lepra reaction and sulfone syndrome, infectious mononucleosis like syndrome.
Hemolytic anemia
Myopathy
Hepatitis
Infectious mononucleosis type syndrome