Drugs Rx Tuberculosis

Question 1

First-line Rx drugs ?

Answer 1

Ethambutol, Isoniazide, Pyrazinamide, Rifampin, Stremtomycine.

Question 2

Second-line Rx drugs ?

Answer 2

Alikacin &Kanamycin, Ciprofloxacine, Lovefloxacine &Ofloxacine, Capreomycine, Cycloserine, Ethionamide, Rifabutin, Rifapentine.

Question 3

Therapy protocol for treating tuberculosis ?

Answer 3

For initial empiric treatment of TB, start patients on a 4-drug regimen: isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and either ethambutol or streptomycin. Once the TB isolate is known to be fully susceptible, ethambutol (or streptomycin, if it is used as a fourth drug) can be discontinued