what are anti tb drugs?
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['isoniazid (INH)', 'rifampin (RIF)', 'ethambutol (EMB)', 'pyrazinamide (PZA)']
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The Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) is the standard method for detecting latent tuberculosis and has been provided by pharmacists since at least 2006. In the largest published study of pharmacy-based TST involving 578 patients, the most common reason for obtaining the test were employment or school requirements.
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What is PRIFTIN? PRIFTIN is a prescription medicine used with other anti-tuberculosis (TB) medicines to: • treat active tuberculosis disease of the lung in people age 12 years and older.
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A TB test to find out if someone has drug resistant TB, is known as a drug susceptibility test. Even if a person has symptoms of TB it is often difficult to diagnose TB, and it is particularly difficult to diagnose rapidly. Rapid diagnosis is what is needed to provide effective TB treatment.
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There are 3 stages of TB: exposure, latent, and active disease. A TB skin test or a TB blood test can often diagnose the infection. But other testing is also often needed. Treatment exactly as recommended is needed to cure the disease and prevent its spread to other people.
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bovis is usually resistant to one of the antibiotics, pyrazinamide, typically used to treat TB disease. However, resistance to just pyrazinamide does not usually cause problems with treatment, because TB disease is treated with a combination of several antibiotics.
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Treatment for drug-resistant TB is very expensive, may take up to 2 years to complete and can produce serious side effects including depression or psychosis, hearing loss, hepatitis, and kidney impairment. Drug-resistant TB may also be fatal; approximately 9 percent of patients die during treatment.
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This medication is a rifamycin antibiotic used to prevent and treat tuberculosis and other infections. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu).
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['methotrexate.', 'leflunomide.', 'hydroxychloroquine.', 'sulfasalazine.']
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an acute or chronic bacterial infection found most commonly in the lungs.
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['Cimetidine (Tagamet HB)', 'Famotidine (Pepcid AC)', 'Nizatidine.']
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CTX is a well-tolerated, cost-effective fixed-dose drug, which consists of two antimicrobial drugs: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. It prevents and treats a variety of bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections.
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['Antibiotics. ... ', 'Aztreonam inhalation (Azactam, Cayston) ... ', 'Gentamicin. ... ', 'Piperacillin. ... ', 'Cephalexin (Keflex) ... ', 'Ceftazidime (Fortaz, Tazicef) ... ', 'Ciprofloxacin (Cipro XR, Proquin XR) ... ', 'Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim DS, Septra DS)']
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Isoniazid is bactericidal to rapidly dividing mycobacteria, but is bacteriostatic if the mycobacteria are slow-growing. It inhibits the cytochrome P450 system and hence acts as a source of free radicals.
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Active tuberculosis, particularly if it's a drug-resistant strain, will require several drugs at once. The most common medications used to treat tuberculosis include: Isoniazid. Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane)
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Sulfa drugs are bacteriostatic; i.e., they inhibit the growth and multiplication of bacteria but do not kill them. They act by interfering with the synthesis of folic acid (folate), a member of the vitamin B complex present in all living cells.
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Sulfa drugs, also called sulfonamides, include antibiotics and other types of drugs.