title: Study on hepatotoxicity and other side-effects of antituberculosis drugs.
abstract: A prospective study of different side-effects and toxicity of different antituberculosis drugs was made on 125 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, divided into 3 groups according to the regime of treatment. Group A consisted of 50 patients, taking streptomycin, ethambutol and isoniazid. Group B of 50 patients received streptomycin plus ethambutol plus isoniazid and rifampicin and 25 patients comprising group C received streptomycin plus isoniazid plus ethambutol and pyrazinamide. The group B showed hepatotoxicity in 30% cases, out of which clinical jaundice with abnormal liver function tests being 26% and rest 4% cases were of anicteric hepatitis, while group A showed only 6% hepatotoxicity with 4% clinical jaundice and 2% anicteric hepatitis. In group A out of 50 cases only 2 patients complained of colour blindness, which reversed with the stoppage of drugs. In group C out of 25 cases 3 patients had gouty problems and responded with stoppage of drugs. Patients in group A developed jaundice in a mean of 50 days while those in group B developed jaundice in 17 days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Rajendra Medical College Hospital, Ranchi.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Taneja
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents