How Is TB Disease Treated?
TB disease can almost always be cured with medicine. The most common drugs used to fight TB are isoniazid (INH), rifampin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, and streptomycin. If you have TB disease, you will need to take several different drugs. This is because there are many bacteria to be killed. Taking several drugs will do a better job of killing all of the bacteria and preventing them from becoming resistant to the drugs. If you have TB of the lungs or throat, you are probably infectious. You need to stay home from work or school so that you don’t spread TB bacteria to other people. After taking your medicine for a few weeks, you will feel better and you may no longer be infectious to others. Your doctor or nurse will tell you when you can return to work or school. Having TB should not stop you from leading a normal life. When you are no longer infectious or feeling sick, you can do the same things you did before you had TB. The medicine that you are taking should not affect your strength
TB treatment involves taking multiple drugs. The most common drugs used to fight TB are isoniazid rifampin pyrazinamide ethambutol streptomycin TB treatment requires taking several drugs together to kill all the bacteria and preventing them from becoming resistant to one or more drugs. People with TB of the lungs or throat would initially need to stay home from work or school so that they do not spread TB bacteria to other people. After taking TB drugs two weeks, they will feel better and may not be infectious to others. However, to be completely cured they would need to take the drugs as prescribed for at least 6-8 months.
