Isoniazid

The goal in Zambia is to explore ways of helping people recognise active TB cases; in South Africa and Brazil researchers will test the cost and effectiveness of a treatment programme called isoniazid preventive therapy. ❋ Unknown (2004)

More than a quarter of people diagnosed with TB in one region of northwestern Russia in 2008 had a form of the disease not treatable with rifampin and another generic antibiotic called isoniazid, the WHO said in March. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The standard medication for T. B is the monoamine oxidase inhibitor, isoniazid, which is also an antidepressant, and thus capable of wearing out its welcome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That disease had largely disappeared from America, thanks to excellent hygiene and powerful modern drugs such as isoniazid and rifampin. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This could be combined with alternative TB preventive strategies such as isoniazid preventive therapy in the intervening period.

M. tuberculosis, or mutations in mycobacterial genes which are associated with resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs such as isoniazid and rifampicin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

About half were given the standard treatment, a daily 300 milligrams dose of isoniazid for nine months, and they took it on their own. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Because people living with HIV are at risk of catching TB in our area, those who are not sick with TB are given isoniazid, a medicine that prevents TB. ❋ Jorge Sampaio (2011)

The other half were put on a 900-milligram dose of isoniazid and a 900 milligram dose of rifapentine, but did it in front of a doctor or other health-care worker. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Just once a week and for just three months, patients took a larger dose of isoniazid and also a dose of another antibiotic, rifapentine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Seizures can occur in patients who have used benzodiazepines for the treatment of seizure disorders, in patients who are physically dependent on benzodiazepines or in patients who have ingested drugs (e.g., cyclic antidepressants, cocaine, lithium, methylxanthines, isoniazid, propoxyphene, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, bupropion HCl and cyclosporine) that place them at risk for the development of seizures. 5 ❋ Unknown (2010)

For decades, people infected with TB bacteria but not ill have been treated with a special TB pill, isoniazid, taken once a day for nine months. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some don't like that they cannot drink alcohol while taking isoniazid. ❋ Unknown (2011)