FDA approves tuberculosis drug that works on hard-to-treat cases

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The FDA approved a new tuberculosis drug that improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases. Drug-resistant TB is a growing problem in many poor countries.

. In a clinical trial that enrolled 109 patients in South Africa, the three-pill combo cured about 90% of patients with very drug-resistant TB, usually within six months. More than 10% of patients experienced side effects, including nausea, vomiting, anemia and and a type of nerve damage calledThe drug regimen also appears to stop patients spreading the deadly bacterial infection after a few days’ treatment.

“Amazingly, it’s the first time that a treatment for XDR-TB infections has been recognized for actually working — no other treatment has demonstrated any consistent effectiveness,” Jamie Bay Nishi, director of the

 

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thank GOD MORE DRUGS

As someone who has RNs who work in the industry, you should rewrite this to include LA. It’s sweeping our emergency folks. Homeless. Drug addicted.

You won’t be irked, no matter how hard you tube.

Also researchers at Unam and Stanford found out that scorpion venom can be used to keill TB Bacteria, a gallon of the venom can fetch up to 38 millon bucks

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