Ethionamide Drug: Indication, Dosage, Precaution, Side Effect , Storage, Category Type and corresponding Brands - www.genericdrugscan.com
Ethionamide
Drug Status in USA : ApprovedIndication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Second line anti-tubercular drug. Leprosy.Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patientHypersensitivity, severe liver disease, porphyria.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Difficulty in managing DM. Monitor blood glucose, thyroid and visual function. Perform LFT before and during treatment. Caution in patients with psychiatric illness or depression. Pregnancy and lactation.What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Anorexia, nausea and vomiting, metalic taste, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, severe postural hypotension, mental depression and drowsiness, blurred vision, olfactory disturbances (alterations in smell), dizziness, headache, restlessness and tremors. Peripheral and/or optic neuritis, psychiatric disturbances, e.g. depression, anxiety, psychosis, postural hypotension. Jaundice, hepatitis. Thrombocytopenia, skin rashes, stomatitis.Drug Category/Class
- Antitubercular Agents
- Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
- Antimycobacterials
- Antiinfectives for Systemic Use
- Drugs for Treatment of Tuberculosis
- Thiocarbamide Derivatives
- Thiocarbamide derivatives
| Prescribed | For use in the treatment of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis when other antitubercular drugs have failed. |
| Weight : | 166.243 |
| Structure | Ethionamide |
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| Formula | C8H10N2S |