A 35-year-old man from rural Bihar presents with 3 hypopigmented macules on his trunk and arms with diminished sensation. Slit-skin smear shows a bacterial index of 4.2. He is diagnosed with multibacillary (MB) leprosy. Regarding MDT for this patient, all of the following are true EXCEPT:

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