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Rifampin isoniazid indications and usage
Introduction
Indications And Usage
Indications And Usage
For pulmonary tuberculosis in which organisms are susceptible, and when the patient has been titrated on the individual components and it has therefore been established that this fixed dosage is therapeutically effective.
This fixed-dosage combination drug is not recommended for initial therapy of tuberculosis or for preventive therapy.
In the treatment of tuberculosis, small numbers of resistant cells, present within large populations of susceptible cells, can rapidly become the predominating type. Since rapid emergence of resistance can occur, culture and susceptibility tests should be performed in the event of persistent positive cultures.
This drug is not indicated for the treatment of meningococcal infections or asymptomatic carriers of N. meningitidis to eliminate meningococci from the nasopharynx.[1]
References
References
- ↑ “RIFAMATE (RIFAMPIN AND ISONIAZID) CAPSULE [SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC]”. Text ” accessdate ” ignored (help)
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.
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