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What type of medicines should i take to treat tuberculosis?
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Anti-TB meds: The usual course of therapy for active TB is 2 months of isoniazid, rifampin, pryazinamide, and ethambutol, followed by 4 months of isoniazide and rifampin. However, this can vary depending on the specific characteristics of your infection.
Answered 1/1/2023
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A cocktail of meds: To kill germs within the body we stop them from reproducing, so existing germs die off & new ones cannot further the infection. Many germs reproduce within 10 minutes & these are easier to kill than TB that may take a month or more. One or more drugs may fail & TB might mutate to resist it.It takes so long to know, that you take several anti-TB drugs at once to stop it & do so for a long time.
Answered 7/1/2017
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