What are the side effects of medicines used for treating TB?
Most of the drugs used for treating TB are safe and have minimal side effects. Due to certain drugs used for treating TB, the color of a patients urine may turn red. If a patient notices yellowish color in eyes or skin, unusual itching, weakness or tiredness, the health worker or treating physician must be contacted immediately. A patient should not discontinue the treatment on his own because the decision to change or discontinue a particular medicine rests with treating physician. If a patient is also taking birth control pills, she should talk to her health worker about other methods of preventing a pregnancy because one of the primary TB medicines can reduce the effect of birth control pills.
