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Asked for female, 19 years old from Guna
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Pulmonologist•Bhopal
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No, they are different medicines. As you perhaps had completed your 2 months of intensive phase, your physician has switched to rhefd for the rest of your period of treatment. Have a speedy recovery.
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Homeopath•Vadodara
Hello User... both have diffferent amount of medicines in them.. you can take any one of them... both are proper dosages...
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Homeopath•Hooghly
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Forecox tablets uses in tuberculos infection,, tuberculosis,, bacterial infection in membrane covering the spinal cord,, bacterial infection in brain also,,also uses in contageous skin disease,, contageous nerve infection,, contageous mucous membrane infection,,
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General Physician•Alappuzha
Forecox Tablet is used in spinal B successfully if you take the full course of 9 months (or more if needed) and it is a combination of four medicines: Isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide which treat tuberculosis. Isoniazid works by preventing the TB bacteria from forming their own protective covering, while rifampicin inactivates a bacterial enzyme (RNA-polymerase) which is required by TB bacteria to make essential proteins and to reproduce. Together, they kill the bacteria and er...more
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Pulmonologist•Faridabad
In most TB cases ,patient need rifampicin, isoniazid and ethambutol sfter 2 months of intensive phase.
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Pulmonologist•Faridabad
Dear lybrate-user, DOTS treatment means giving Antitubercular treatment directly under supervision of a medical officer and thus chances of missing a dose is less resulting in a better outcome and minimising the risk of development of drug resistant TB. Forecox is name of combination of four first line Antitubercular drugs and is given by private practitioners depending on patient 's body weight. TB treatment taken from private practitioners in proper doses and regularly for complete duration wi...more
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General Physician•Jalgaon
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Poor body resistance, poor health, faulty diet, reaction to any content of akurit. 4
Are the main reasons.
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