Health Care Articles
|
||||||
| Home | Health Basics Articles | Health Problems Articles | Diseases Treatment | Rare Diseases | Home Remedies | |
Isoniazid Toxicity - Symptoms and TreatmentIsoniazid is an antimicrobial that has been used as a first-line agent for prophylaxis and treatment of tuberculosis since 1952. Tuberculosis is an infectious diseased caused by a bacterium. Once the infection is acquired, it usually remains dormant in the lungs. Later, the infection may become active in the lungs and sometimes spreads throughout the body. Patients with a tuberculosis skin test that has recently become abnormal (demonstrating recent infection with tuberculosis) but a normal chest x-ray (demonstrating inactive infection) are given INH alone for 6-9 months. Patients with active disease are put on a regimen of INH combined with other antituberculous medications. Because of errors in dosage or intentional overdose, life-threatening toxicity may result. Causes of Isoniazid ToxicityFind common causes and risk factors of Isoniazid Toxicity:
|
| Copyright © Health-Care-Articles.info | Catch our new Health Care Blog |
