Tuberculosis Drugs; Taken For the Treatment of Active Tuberculosis or Tuberculosis Disease
The most common tuberculosis drugs are Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol (Myambutol), Rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane), and Isoniazid. Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is spread through contact; spread when an infected person sneezes or coughs. There are two types of tuberculosis, such as latent TB and active TB. Latent TB requires only one or two types of tuberculosis drugs, while active TB requires several drugs at once, particularly if it is a drug-resistant strain. Individual with latent TB does not show symptoms, while clinical symptoms appear in a person with active TB. Clinical symptoms of TB include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, cough, weight loss, night sweats, hemoptysis, and fever. Based on the symptoms, TB can be classified as military TB, subcutaneous TB, or pulmonary TB. Ethambutol, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and rifampicin are some of the common tuberculosis drugs that are used for the treat...