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What happens to a person taking ATT medicines when not having tuberculosis?

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What happens to a person taking ATT medicines, when not having tuberculosis?

Answered by Dr. Vinod Kumar Atreya

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  • The ATT medicines are multiple drugs given in combination to treat tuberculosis. Some drugs are bacteriostatic and some are bactericidal to the causative organism of tuberculosis i.e, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • The person on ATT and not having tuberculosis may or may not manifest the side effects or toxicity of anti tubercular drugs depending on the status of patient, the status of various organ- systems and the duration of drug treatment.
  • Medicines should be stopped in such patients.

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Answered byDr. Vinod Kumar Atreya

Medically reviewed byiCliniq medical review team

Published At October 17, 2014
Reviewed AtApril 29, 2025

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