title: An enquiry into the attitudes of South Indian patients to the coloration of their urine by rifampicin.
abstract: This report enquiring into patients' attitudes to their urine being coloured by rifampicin has shown that many of them regarded it as evidence of the potency of their medicine or of the elimination of the disease. Attention is drawn to the value of the coloured urine as a reminder to patients whether or not they have taken their due dose of rifampicin-containing medicine.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Unit, Brompton Hospital, London.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganapathy
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D012293:Rifampin