Table 1.

WHO recommendations for multi-drug treatment of Hansen’s disease

		WHO
Drugs		Paucibacillary	Multibacillary
Dapsone	Adult	100 mg daily	100 mg daily
	Child (10–14 yrs.)	50 mg	50 mg
	Child under 10	25 mg	25 mg
Rifampin	Adult	600 mg once/month	600 mg once/month
	Child (10–14 yrs.)	450 mg once/month	450 mg once/month
	Child under 10	300 mg once/month	300 mg once/month
Clofazimine	Adult	–	50 mg daily plus 300 mg once/month
	Child (10–14 yrs.)	–	50 mg daily plus 150 mg once/month
	Child under 10	–	50 mg twice a week and 100 mg once a month
Duration (months)		6 doses (6 blisters) that can be taken until 9 months	12 doses (12 blisters) that can be taken until 9 months

In the USA, PB patients are treated with rifampin 600 mg and dapsone 100 mg daily for 12 months. MB patients are treated with rifampin 600 mg, clofazimine 50 mg daily, and dapsone 100 mg for 24 months