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My sister is 19 years old and infected with tb cervical lymphadenitis and under treatment for past 4 months. Medicines includes benadon, pyzina and combutol. But still there is no difference in her lymphs. Is this is serious? Do we need to undergo any surgeries to cure this. Or we can continue with same treatment.

Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar92%(932 ratings)

MBBS, MD TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST DISEASES...read more

Pulmonologist•Kolkata

ideal regimen is rif+inj+combutol! ,l+pza for 60 days. then rif+inj for next 120 days.After the treatment is completed the case has to reviewed.

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Asked for male, 32 years old from Gurgaon

Dear sir, My brother 28 has diagnosed TB. And he take medicine like combutol 1000, ripamicin 150 isonazide 300 levoflox 750. And he regularly vomit. Sir can you suggest the timing of rifampicin, and isoniazid plz.

Dr. Amit Jauhari91%(833 ratings)

MD (Physician), MD (Pulmonology)

Pulmonologist•Bareilly

Dear Lybrateuser, you have not mentioned the duration of present ATT therapy.
Please note that TB treatment is a step wise therapy and despite best efforts some side effects like vomiting & loss of appetite occur at start of treatment.
You should have patience and please don't change / switch / alter TB medicines or their doses.
Kindly reconsult your doctor to solve this issue.
But in case the vomiting does not decrease, you can always have a second opinion from a Pulmonologist.<...more

Asked for female, 45 years old from Bangalore

I am taking treatment for tuberculosis. I am taking medications from the past 3 months. In the beginning doctor gave the following medication (for 8 days) 1. Rifampicin - 450 mg 2. Ethambutol - 600 mg 3. Isoniazid - 200 mg 5. Benadon - 20 mg 6. Pyrazinamide - 1000 mg then liver got affected so he put me on this for a week (7 days) (i got drug induced hepatitis) 1. Ethambutol - 600 mg 2. Levoflox 750 mg 3. Injection amikacin 500m mg (iv) then again for one week (7 days) he gave, 1. Ethambutol - 600 mg 2. Levoflox 750 mg 3. Injection amikacin 500m mg (iv) 4. Isoniazid - 100 mg taking isoniazid again affected the liver, so he stopped isoniazid and he gave this for 5 weeks, 1. Ethambutol - 600 mg 2. Levoflox 750 mg 3. Injection amikacin 500m mg (iv) then when the liver condition became ok, doctor has given the following medication 1. Rifampicin - 450 mg 2. Ethambutol - 600 mg 3. Isoniazid - 200 mg 4. Benadon - 20 mg 5. Levoflox 750 mg this is what is going on now. I am not sure if the treatment being given is right or not. I had consulted another pulmonologist who says this is not the right treatment as drugs should not be changed so often. Also he says amikacin and levoflox are given for mdr tb and not for normal tb. Now that it is already given I cannot change that. The other pulmonologist says that if it is these drugs then one needs to give it for 9 months as pyrazinamide is not given. He also says if sputum is negative then we can stop levofloxin and give the drugs for 4 months. However I am not getting sputum for testing also. I have two questions now. 1. Other than sputum testing is there any other way of finding out if tb bacteria is still there in the body. If that is the only way is there any way of generating sputum. 2. Should att-4 with the four standard medications be started again. What is the best alternative. Kindly suggest.

Dr. C. E Prasad91%(1131 ratings)

M.D - Respiratory Medicine

Pulmonologist•Hyderabad

Pulmonologist altered regimen and added levofloxacin because you had liver side effects with pyrazinamide which was stopped
the standard regimen of rifampicin isoniazid ethambutol pyrazinamide is a guideline with exception when necessary
it is not an inviolable dictate
still in doubt consult pulmonologist at nationaltb institute bangalore malleswaram.

Asked for Male, 29 years old from Hyderabad

Sir my mother's age is 54. She was detected with Potts spine in October. After using akt4 for 25 days she was put on rcinex 450 and combutol 1000 due to elevation in uric acid. She used them for 2 months. But not much improvement was there so another specialist started rcinex 600, combutol 1000 and pyzina 1500 on Dec 28th 2017 and she is using it till today ie 3 months & 10 days. The doctors removed the psoas abscess last week through us guided aspiration and asked her to use pyzina for another 15 days as little amount of puss was still left out in the psoas. Is it ok to continue pyzina even after these 3 months?

Dr. Amit Jauhari91%(833 ratings)

MD (Physician), MD (Pulmonology)

Pulmonologist•Bareilly

Please have faith in your doctor" s advice.
Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis treatment is of prolonged duration so have patience.

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Asked for male, 31 years old from Amravati

Doctor, diagnosed TB (near heart) to my grandpa aged around 80 year. Its been around 52 days and doc prescribed rcinex750 (empty stomach daily 1), beradon (twice a week), combutol 800 (overnight 1), pza750 (daily afternoon 1), nexito 5 (every morning 1), Nuril 2.5 (daily once) Doc has asked to discontinue combutol 800 and pza 750 after completing 60 days and continue the rest of medicines. I just want to know the effects of medicine and is it advisable to discontinue these two drugs after 60 days? Awaiting for valuable opinion.

Dr. Jayvirsinh Chauhan93%(35817 ratings)

MD - Homeopathy, BHMS

Homeopath•Vadodara

Hello Sudarshan... You should not contradict or do otherwise than the advise of a qualified doctor...
follow the instructions..
If you have doubts then consult other doctor.

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Asked for male, 19 years old from Thane

I am a 19 year old male I am suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, right now I'm taking rcinex 600 (1-0-0) BBF,lupisoz d 40 (1-0-0) BBF, pyzina 1000 (0-2-0), Combutol 800 (0-0-1) Combutol 400 (0-0-1) and benadon 40 (0-0-1). Taking this medication for about a month now. I just want to ask is my dosage right I mean it is but still and also I take rcinex at 7 am and lupisoz d at 8 am and after 15 mins I have my breakfast is it right way or should I take them both at the same time. Also for afternoon and night medicines should I take them immediately after eating or wait for 5-10 mins then take the dosage.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Dose of ethambotol and pyzine is not as per your weight.Ideally all TB medicine should be taken empty stomach for bette rresponse.

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Asked for male, 33 years old from Chandigarh

I started treatment on 5 Dec 2017 with TB (I have infection in my colon, I used to have stomach pains) 1. Combutol 8002. Pyrazinamide 10003. Ricnex 300/450.4. Sompraz D.Then after 1 month, when I did LFT the ALT level were 129.0, so my doctor switched me to below medication for 1 month 1. Combutol 800 2. levoflox 750 3. Uricure 300 (2 Tablets) 4. Streptomycin 0.75 mg for 31 day (one injection daily) Then after 31 days when we did LFT (We did multiple LFTs in between to keep track to see my ALT levels are lowering) everything was good and we switched back to 1. Combutol 8002. Pyrazinamide 15003. Ricnex 300/450.4. Sompraz D.After taking above medication for 3 weeks, Then I fall sick due to some cold and had fever for 3-4 days and my ALT levels again at 150.0 and then now my doctor has again switched to Streptomycin injections 1. Combutol 8002. levoflox 7503. Uricure 300 (2 Tablets) 4. Streptomycin 0.75 mg for 31 day (one injection daily) So now after almost 3 months, from 27/02/2018 I am on injections and combutol again. Don’t I need Rcinex? Is it ok to switch like this and wait for alt levels to lower again and again start with rcinex and pyrazinamide. I did not have any other problem during this 3 months period, its just my alt levels go up. Please advise, do I need to consult some other doctor?

Dr. Jayvirsinh Chauhan93%(35817 ratings)

MD - Homeopathy, BHMS

Homeopath•Vadodara

No your doctor is doing it right...
Better follow the instructions...
You cannot compromise liver...so it is better to be cautious..

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Asked for Male, 26 years old from Delhi

Diagnosed tb lymphadenitis. Taking drugs rcnex in morning then ethambutol after breakfast, pyrazinamide after lunch. Earlier my fever was continuous, had to take 4 paracetamol in a day. Now after 13 days of treatment only one paracetamol as only one fever peak in evening. Drug senstivity test was not done. Is this the correct way of taking medicines and how many days to wait to become afebrile before going for biopsy for drug senstivity.

Dr. Col V C Goyal95%(14978 ratings)

CCEBDM, PG Diploma In Clinical Cardiolog...read more

General Physician•Ghaziabad

your fever is almost under controll means medicine has started working. If you show good response to treatment why go for vsensitivity test, if no response to above drugs then next step will be taken, take above medicine with a single day miss and take good nutritious diet with milk, egg, fruits and vegetables good luck.

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Asked for male, 28 years old from Ghaziabad

Hi I am 28 male suffering form bone tb from last 10 days I am taking rifampicin 600, ethambutol 1000 and pyrazinamide 1400 mg as suggested by doctor. My doctor advise me 2 month complete bed rest please suggest me ho much rest I should taken. And I am also addicted to smoking is there any side effect of smoking while taking these tabs as I was unable to quit smoking please advise.

Dr. Rajesh Jain93%(15958 ratings)

MBBS

General Physician•Jalgaon

Please Reduce smoking Continue your current medicine Add Tab geriforte by Himalaya 2 2 regularly Avoid oily spicy and fast, non veg food, fish, brinjals.

Health Query

I am currently taking Ethambutol 1600 mg, ETHIONAMIDE 1000 mg CYCLOSERINE 1000 mg, levofloxin 1000 mg, pyridoxine 100 mg, feburic 40 mg, setolac 300 r, thyronorm 150. Will be taking these medicines for 2 years for MDR TB treatment. 1 year is already over. Questions is, with these many tablets my pulmonologist asked me to take PAN 40 tablet everyday for these two years. Is it ok to take this medicine? Will it impact my future life?

Dr. Amit Kumar Poddar92%(932 ratings)

MBBS, MD TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST DISEASES...read more

Pulmonologist•Kolkata

Pan40 over 2 years is optional. If it is taken in an interrupted even then the purpose will be served .It will not impact your future life.

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