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Asked for male, 32 years old from Hyderabad

My father aged 68, some 8 months back was diagnosed for Spine TB and he started on AKT4 for 2 months, AKT3 for the next month but had to stop due to vision loss and following 5 months was taking Rifampicin and Isoniazid. His vision is almost back with some eye power complaint but he is complaining about arm pain midway from shoulder joint and elbow. I read that Isoniazid can cause these side effects. Also recent blood report shows hemoglobin at 10.9. I read this could be due to Rifampicin. What could be the reason and if it needs any urgent attention to treatment? FYI. He is taking 40 mg of pyridoxine, his blood work shows platelet count=130, ESR 94, CRP has come down from 67 to 8.4, LFT results are normal, His back pain is almost gone. Other symptoms at this moment are slight numbness around feet, constipation and dizziness upon movement. Remarks of Hemogram: RBCs: Mild anisopoikilocytosis. Predominantly macrocytic normochromic with macroovalocytes. WBCs: Mild Leukopenia is present. Platelets: Appear mildly reduced in smear. Macroplatelets are seen. Sugar levels are normal 93/142 Blood pressure is bit low 75/115.

Dr. Mool Chand Gupta95%(37146 ratings)

MD - Pulmonary, DTCD

Pulmonologist•Faridabad

Arm pain is nothing to do with TB drugs. Haematological abnormality can be due to rifampicin, but not alrming to stop drug rifampicin.

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Asked for male, 23 years old from Kolkata

I am a 21 years male and I am suffering from Tuberculosis, my eight months medication is over and last month drugs are ongoing. I take rifampicin, isoniazid 600 and combutol 1000 daily and regularly . Since last 3 months I have lost interest in alcohol and whenever I am with my friends and I take 1 or 2 peg of alcohol after half an hour later I start vomiting . My Liver function tests are normal everything is fine with my body but I cannot understand that before taking this medication I often drank 5-6 peg of alcohol but never vomited and now vomiting problem creates a huge embarrassment for me, well since last 3 months I had alcohol for only 3 times and all the three times I have vomited.

Dr. Prasad Honap89%(25 ratings)

MBBS, MD - General Medicine

General Physician•Pune

Well, it's good that you have limited your alcohol consumption to the minimum. Alcohol and isoniazid do not react well when taken together. Alcohol may increase the risk of liver damage with isoniazid. Those who are on isoniazid are advised to abstain from alcohol as they may have unpleasant side effects. Once the drug is stopped you will not have these symptoms after alcohol consumption.

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Asked for male, 32 years old from Hyderabad

My father, aged 68, was recently in complete bed rest for the last 3 months and was taking akt 4 ofr first 2 months and then 1 month of akt3 after being diagnosed with Pott's spine. Spine surgeon told us that he is clinically doing really well and his CRP has improved from 67 to 11.2 Recently he is started to have blurred vision so we checked with Eye specialists and they suggested it to be EMB induced optical neuropathy. Its been some 4 weeks now that we have stopped Ethambutol and he has partially regained vision though there is acuity problems still. Now that he is on Rifampicin and Isoniazid, does he need to take some other medicine in place of ethambutol for his TB treatment? Hope stopping Ethambutol will not effect his spinal TB.

Dr. Jayvirsinh Chauhan93%(35817 ratings)

MD - Homeopathy, BHMS

Homeopath•Vadodara

There are other optional medicines also with less side effects but for that you will need to consult your physician.
Or you can consult me through Lybrate for homoeopathic treatment. Which is safer and can help a lot in vision ans spine.

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Asked for male, 68 years old from Bangalore

After CABG I had pleural effusion on the left side of my chest. All tests including Quanty feron gold test and biopsy on the left inside of the chest showed negative results for TB. Now I am having ankylosing Spondylitis for which biologic injection Scapho is being given. Since my Mantoux test was positive, on the suspicion that I may be having latent TB, I was asked to take R Cinex 300/600 tablets for 4 months. I have taken RCinex for 2 months and thereafter because of stomach trouble I switched over to Isoniazid 300 tablets and took them for 4 months. Is this medication sufficient for the latent TB and can I stop the medication now. In 2002 because of eridocyclitis in the eye on suspicion of having TB I had taken full course of TB medicine ie. AKT4 for 9 months. Please advise. Thanks.

Dr. Jatin Soni

MBBS

General Physician•Mumbai

Firstly we should confirm the current status with a fresh Xray chest and Get your blood checked for CBC Esr HLAB27 and follow up with reports for further guidance.

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Asked for female, 58 years old from Kolkata

My mother was diagnosed with Renal Tuberculosis on 8th October after getting admitted due to bloody urine, she was started with ATT but due to severe side effects (constant vomiting, diffused encephalopathy, memory loss) it had to be stopped. The doctor told that it was the side effects of Isoniazid. She has a history of frequent UTIs. However, she was better & was passing normal urine since then after being treated with Magnex Forte Inj. But from today onwards, she is again passing bloody urine. Please help & advices is a CKD patient & her latest Urea is 48 & Creatinine is 1.4.

Dr. C. E Prasad91%(1131 ratings)

M.D - Respiratory Medicine

Pulmonologist•Hyderabad

Confirm TB in urine by liquid and solid culture and molecular diagnosis And retreat with less toxic 3 anti TB drugs.

Asked for male, 21 years old from Nagpur

Hey I've been taking the following medicines for 4 months and still counting. 1) Isoniazid 2) pyrazinamide 3) moxifloxacin 4) Ethambutol 5) 60 streptomycin injections (10 pending) and lastly I wanna tell I also took omnacortil steroid 10 mg for 3 months along with these medicines and it's over now. I have swelling on my body because of it. I just wanted to know how long will it take to go away. can I gain weight at this point when I have swelling. If this swelling goes away I'd be thin as I was. I want to gain some weight before the swelling goes away totally. It's been 15 days I stopped taking omnacortil. please suggest me some ways to gain weight with this condition. I have to take akt for more 5 months.

Dt. Sadia Sana90%(30 ratings)

MSc - Food and Applied Nutrition

Dietitian/Nutritionist•Hyderabad

Let your swelling subsidize, then you will actually get to know, what is the amount and quality of weight you puton.

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Asked for Male, 21 years old from Delhi

I was suffering from tuberculosis in lefts lungs and started medicine on 19 December. After 6 months of treatment my problem is fully cured.In x-ray they mentioned ,My left lungs is clear now ,No recent recrudescence of the disease is seen. Now I take only rifampicin and isoniazid 600 daily and regularly in the morning. My eight months meditation is over and last month drugs are ongoing. Since last 8 months I have not taken alcohol, So basically I want to ask can I consume alcohol occasionally now?

Dr. C. E Prasad91%(1131 ratings)

M.D - Respiratory Medicine

Pulmonologist•Hyderabad

Alcohol never good for health to the best of my knowledge Alcohol can be metabolised by healthy liver
Healthy liver is declared after blood tests and ultrasound etc by a physician Alcohol may cause irritation to stomach even in small quantities in some individuals.

Asked for male, 22 years old from Patna

I had completed my pulmonary tuberculosis course of 6 month but after 20 days I got reaction in my whole body it becomes red rashes but doctor advised me not to stop medicine as it will reduce with time but after 1 month I got problem in my thoracic spine bone. It's starting paining. I completed my course of 6 month att that is rifampicin isoniazid ethambutol and pyrazinamide. But the problem I got in spine that is hurting me till now. I want to know does tuberculosis spread in another organ in middle of treatment. And one more problem I eat a lot but weight is continuously decreasing. Why?

Dr. Abhijeet Singh89%(65 ratings)

DM (Pulmonary & Critical care medicine),...read more

Pulmonologist•Delhi

Hi. Seems to have involvement of lung and spine both due to tbâ¦ need to consult orthopedics/ neurologistâ¦ mri spine or whole body pet ct to look for other sites of involvementâ¦ could be drug resistant or paradoxical phenomenon or rule out any other alternative diagnosisâ¦in my opinion att to be continued for 9-12 months atleast. Rule out collection in spine. Consult doctor nearby. Thanks.

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Asked for female, 25 years old from Thane

I am a 26 year old female on anti tb medications shall complete 3 months now. Basically being isoniazid resistant so been prescribed rifampicin, levofloxacin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide, the doctor has advised to stop pyrazinamide by this month end yet I have not overcome the side effects due to these medicines. I suffer severe vomiting and nausea at least once a month, I am also taking pan d. The doctor suggest me to stop the medicines for few days after that and restart again. After vomiting I am suffering from pain in the lower abdomen for at least 4-5 days which decreases my appetite as well. There is also swelling and pain near my ankle as well. Kindly advise if the treatment is working or not?

Dr. Anusha C M93%(51 ratings)

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor o...read more

Pulmonologist•Bangalore

Hello lybrate-user, the regimen given to you seems to be proper. Nausea and vomiting is common with anti tb meds. U can take a better antacid than just pan d. Your response to the meds is decided by your chest xray. If improvements are there on that, then it means you r respomdimg to the treatment.

Asked for male, 29 years old from Delhi

Dear docs greetings of the day! please guide me, if a patient is on art therapy (bcz of hiv positive) and his cd4 count is 810, viral load isnu detectable, now his doctor want to start isoniazid (which is a antituberculousis drug) along with vitamin b6, just for a prevention/precaution and that too for 6 months. So shall the patient should take this additional medicine? As a pharmacologist what I know that ant tb medicines have antagonistic action on art medicines, also they have lots of side effects in some case renal dysfunction too. Please help me regarding this. Regards.

Dr. Sajeev Kumar91%(40820 ratings)

C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

General Physician•Alappuzha

If the patient is on art therapy (because of HIV positive) and his cd4 count is 810, viral load is detectable, he needs to take medicines to prevent TB, a major complication seen in HIV

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