Tuberculosis
TB treatment has to involve three or four different kinds of antibiotics given in combination over six to nine months. Multiple medicines are necessary to prevent the emergence of resistance, which would lead to treatment failure and the catastrophe of multiple drug-resistant organisms.
The "essential top four" medicines for the treatment of TB are isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol.
The Eradicate Tuberculosis web site has been developed by Genus Pharmaceuticals. It is designed to help raise awareness and improve understanding of tuberculosis (TB), history, UK and global review and treatments.
For additional information and latest news releases about tuberculosis, please go to the World Health Organization web site.
Genus Pharmaceuticals are the key suppliers of one of the essential TB treatment products, ethambutol.