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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.

Asked for male, 25 years old from Greater Noida

My brother is being treated lymph node tb treatment for last 2 months. Genexpert and other drug susceptibility tests are done and no resistance to any medicine but after having akurit 4 for 45 days with other supporting medicine AST/ALT reports are not good so doctor suggested streptomycin injections and ethambutol 1200. Is treatment going on right direction or should we consult another pulmonologist?

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Will need to reintroduce the previous medicine one by one when ot/pt return to nornal. Only streptomycin and ethambutol is not sufficient to treat.

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Asked for male, 23 years old from Pune

Hey I am 22 male and suffering from intestinal TB. I've been prescribed Akurit-4 (Rifampicin 150 mg, isoniazid 75 mg, pyrazinamide 400 mg, ethambutol hydrochloride 275 mg) 4 tablets at a time in addition to benadon and silybon. Its been 2 months since I am taking these medicines. I am experiencing joint pain, hairloss, and also feel pukish sometimes. I want to know if this is the correct treatment and the side effects that I am facing is normal or not. Please advise. I am a little worried.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Few patient can have drug side effect. Get LFT and serum uric acid test done and consult your doctor as TB medicine needs reduction of dose at 2 months.

Asked for male, 29 years old from Ghaziabad

Hi I am 28 year old male, from last 9 month I am taking bone tb potts spine treatment tablets which are 600 mg r-cinex and 1000 mg ethambutol tablets from last one week I am suffering form inflation during urine sometime and Frequent urge to urinate without being able to pass much urine (frequency. And some time Leaking urine drop lets also. I am drinking lots of water also now days but this problem still happens please suggest what to do. thanks.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

If you are only on these two medicine since begining then your treatment is wrong. Need pyrazinamide in first 2 months of your treatment and also dose of ethambutol is not as per yout weight. Get urine examination routine and culture to r/o urine infection.

Asked for female, 24 years old from Mumbai

I'm a tb patient and I was initially asked to take the regular att medication. Soon, it led to extreme nausea and vomiting and caused a spike in my sgpt and sgot. I couldn't continue with the same medication and hence the medication was changed to solonex 300, moxifloxacin 400 and ethambutol 1000. Can I avoid rifampicin and pyrazinamide which were present in the previous medication as they were causing an adverse effect on me? And can I continue with the new medication as my permanent medication?

Vandana Prabhu

MBBS, Diploma in Tuberculosis & Chest Di...read more

Pulmonologist•Bangalore

There is a way to treat drug- induced hepatitis. We should stop all att, then introduce the first- line drugs in small doses, one by one, repeating sgot/sgpt ay regular intervals. There is no need to add a second-line drug like moxifloxacin.

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Health Query

I am taking anti tb drugs since september, which consists of isoniazid, ethambutol and levofloxacin, and my doctor says it shall be continued till september 21 and antihypertensive and foracort inhaler also. I do not know if it is a side effect of the medicine or I am developing some other disease, I am feeling tired all the time with body aches and feverish but no temperature. I fear for covid but my doctor said you are not having any such symptoms. I am very much in tension as you know the severity of the disease. I fear of having a test. Kindly suggest.

Dr. Sheil Avneesh

MCh CTVS, MS Gen. Surgery

Pulmonologist•

It's very important that how long you are facing these symptoms. If these symptoms are of short duration. You should definitely try to rule out covid by doing your rt-pcr test for covid. As the incidence of covid is very high in present scenario.

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Asked for male, 31 years old from Howrah

Hi Dr, my younger brother suffering from abdominal Koch's. He is advised to take forecox for first 2 month then Dr. change the medicine including ethambutol (450 mg) rifampicin (800 mg) and solonex (100 mg 100 mg) After 45 days of taking these three medicine. One dose of solonex is missed then what should do? We are very confused and worried about these. Please Dr. guide. Our physician is not available at this time to guide us.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

If ony one dose of solonex is missed thennothing to worry.But you have not mentioned proper quantity as there is no rifampicin having 800mg or ethambotol having 450 mg

Asked for female, 25 years old from Thane

I am a 26 years old female, I am on tb medications: rifampicin, levofloxacin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide since past few days, as the medications are high doses they are causing side effects like severe vomiting, the doctor has advised to stop medication for 3 days, will skipping the dose cause my situation to convert to mdr tb? Kindly advise on the same.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Need lft to rule out hepatitis also your medicine are not as per protocol.

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Asked for female, 25 years old from Thane

I am a 26 year old female on anti tb medicines which shall complete 2 months of the course, being isoniazid resistant the doctor prescribed me with rifampicin, levofloxacin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide. The medications were fine for the past month but from few days I am suffering from nausea again. I would like to know how long will these side effects last? Is the treatment working or no? Also after taking rifampicin in the morning I feel as if there is mucus generated coz when I cough I can feel it, what is the reason behind the same?

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Need all tests again. Get lft to rule out drug induced hepatitis if tests favours then medicine can be reduced and will need minimum of 6 months.

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Health Query

Hello,I am from Mumbai. My wife was suffering from tuberculosis and treatment is taken for around 90 days but in between she showed symptom like negative vision. Dr immediately advised to stop tablets and further treatment in *jaslok hospital it confirmed that she has lost 70% of her vision and optic nerves were damaged. The next course of action to be done by me. May request you to go thru the same and help me to understand the same is recoverable and what is the next course of action to be done by me. While suffering from optic nerve: 1) what is the possibility of recovery of eye vision? 2) is their stability in eye vision we will think to come shankar netralaya chennai for the treatment after seeing valuable opinion.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Ethambutol a anti tb drug can cause optic neuritis which is recoverable after stopping ethambutol. Remain in touch with ophthalmologist and pulmonologist

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