What is the Treatment for TB disease?
Treating TB disease requires a minimum of 4 different medicines. Persons with TB disease who have taken the correct TB medications for a specified period of time do not continue spreading TB to others. However, it will take a minimum of 6 months to complete the treatment for TB disease. Sometimes, it may take longer. Persons with TB disease must take every dose of medicine as prescribed, even if the symptoms of the disease disappear completely. Not taking the proper dosage of TB medications over a prescribed amount of time can result in the return of TB disease that does not respond to the TB drugs. Persons whose TB does not respond to the most commonly used TB drugs will need to take other medicines that may not work and have serious side effects.