# E-DRUG: drugs for tuberculosis resistance? **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [July 3, 1998, 2:06pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-drugs-for-tuberculosis-resistance/3012 "1998-07-03T14:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ahsan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@ahsan1](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/ahsan1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 1998, 2:06pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-drugs-for-tuberculosis-resistance/3012/1 "1998-07-03T14:06:20Z")
E-drug: drugs for tuberculosis resistance? ------------------------------------------ The currently used regimen for treating TB is giving resistance. At times patients do not respond to the currently used combination of Rifampicin, Myambutol, Pyrizinamide, INH and Streptomycin.    What can be used as a second line of treatment especially in the cases who are not responding to the conventional therapy?    AHSAN. e-mail:ahsan@pharmacy.sdnpk.undp.org [anybody in WHO GTB willing to summarize the second line TB drugs? WB E-drug moderator] -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.