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Hi folks:

Many thanks for your immediate responses which are very helpful.

how long will you use sulfa,?
too long will put mold growing in your lungs and no cure for that
have you tried hot packs, ?

Have you tried Mary Kays cleansing gel to wash your body, works for me,I
wash my hair with it and my body and rinse with as hot of water as I can
stand
Lil


Hi John,

When I was diagnosed by a dermatologist to have DH in 1992 he put me on
dapsone.  I have had diabetes since 1971 and was nearly blinded by cataracts
about that time.  In addition to that I came back from Thailand in 1966 with
infectious hepatitis and had elevated bilirubens for months.  When I started
to take dapsone it caused my biliruben to be elevated again and I was put on
Sulfapyridine.  The Merk Manual lists it as an alternative medication.  In
my case it didn't work as well, but the real problem was that I WAS NOT PUT
ON A G/F DIET !  This went on until 1996 till I saw an article in Diabetes
Forecast, WHEAT'S YOUR PROBLEM and I immediately went on a g/f diet and it
took about 3 years to get all the IgA deposits out of my system.  I would
take about 50mg of dapsone every two weeks or every time I would have a
break-out.  Prior to that I was taking 50-100 mg a day and still breaking
out.  I am military retired and they had the Sulfapyridine at the Air Force
base near me. Since you mentioned England, I assume you are there?  Anyway I
just wanted to let you know that it works, but on a strict g/f diet you
should have very few lesions?

Charles  Charleston, SC

John,
When I was first diagnosed with DH, my dermatologist at that time, a Dr.
Joseph in Pasadena, TX prescribed it for me. I had to go to a "compounding"
pharmacy in Houston. It was shipped to me by mail order. I don't remember
the name of the pharmacy.

My present dermatologist prescribed Azulfidine which is readily available
and doesn't have the problems of Dapsone.

Currently I have been living gluten-free and haven't required medication.

Hi,

We've posted a list of approximately 145 over the counter drugs
and nutritional supplements at the Clan Thompson website.
<http://www.idsl.net/celiac>

Information about each drug was verified directly with each
manufacturer.  There's a list of 160 prescription drugs which visitors
can access, as well. Hope both  lists will help celiacs decide
whether or not they want to use a particular medication.

Regards,
Lani K. Thompson

Again, many thanks

John Butcher