E-drug: Resistant TB
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Reference Ashan's question regarding resistance of TB to first-line
therapy, as well as following up second-line treatments it is vital
to check two other factors:
1) Are the patients taking the therapy currently prescribed and
taking it 'properly'?
2) Is the medicine currently being supplied of 'good quality'
and does it contain the drug you think it contains?
My experience of Pakistan suggests that both these factors are big
contributors to treatment failure in general.
Tim Dodd
Recently Retired Director of Pharmacy, Shaukat Khanum
Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore.
Now Training Advisor, GNDP, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana.
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