sulfoxone sulfoxone sulfoxone or aldesulfone sodium is an anti-leprosy drug. it is also known as diasone. sulfoxone sodium was introduced in japan in 1948. ernest muir introduced it to western use while serving as superintendent of the chacachacare leprosarium on trinidad in the caribbean. sulfoxoneclinical dataroutes ofadministrationoralatc codej04ba03 (who) pharmacokinetic dataprotein binding69%metabolismhepaticelimination half-life3 to 8 hoursidentifiers iupac name sulfonylphenyl] aminomethanesulfinic acid cas number144-75-2 ypubchem cid8954drugbankdb01145 nchemspider8610 yunii57owb0q221keggd02521 ychemblchembl1200580 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid80162594 chemical and physical dataformulac14h16n2na2o6s3molar mass450.45 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ..s(=o)cnc1ccc(cc1)s(=o)(=o)c2ccc(ncs()=o)cc2 inchi inchi=1s/c14h16n2o6s3.2na/c17-23(18)9-15-11-1-5-13(6-2-11)25(21,22)14-7-3-12(4-8-14)16-10-24(19)20;;/h1-8,15-16h,9-10h2,(h,17,18)(h,19,20);;/q;2*+1/p-2 ykey:azbnflzfszdpqf-uhfffaoysa-l y ny (what is this?) (verify)