because of the medicines.my doctor has advised me to stop the TB medications until my hepatitis is cured are there any chances that i can develop drug resistant TB?what should i do now?
2007-12-21 02:40:35 · 6 answers · asked by IMRAN K 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
You haven't told us how serious your TB infection is, so I'm going to assume that its active, but not too bad.
Your doctor is right to pull the antibiotics, perhaps you could suggest to him that he might consider a different combination. It is exceedingly unlikely that your TB will develop into one of the two major drug resistant forms (rTB of XDR TB). However unless your doctor specifically tested for them, your TB could be drug resistant.
The best thing to do is to go back to your doctor and tell them that you are concerned about this.
2007-12-21 05:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would advice you to visit a good chest physician. there are anti-TB drugs available which are less harmful to the liver and there are many people suffering from drug induced hepatitis so don't worry you won't landup with drug resistant TB
2007-12-22 05:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Sanjay K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, good question and intelligent one too..
Mostly what the doctor will do is stop the regime till you are cured of Hepatitis and then change the regime, and give you medications which are safer for your liver too..okay ?
wish you a speedy recovery !
best wishes too..
2007-12-21 15:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by suresh k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your hepatitis is more life-threatening than your TB. Therefore, you should stop taking the AKT-4 immediately. AKT-4 has four different tuberculostatica, but Rifampicin and Isoniazid are the stronger hepatotoxic drugs. For further information, please read:
http://www.doctorndtv.com/FAQ/detailfaq.asp?id=11190
2007-12-21 16:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by Haliman S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait for ur hepatitis to resolve. dont worry of mdr tb.
2007-12-21 15:05:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this site "http://www.mayoclinic.com/".
sorry have not been of much help.
wish you best of the luck and speedy recovery
2007-12-21 11:29:40 · answer #6 · answered by charlatan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋