PMID: 11932759Apr 5, 2002Paper

Side-effects of drugs used in directly observed treatment short-course in newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis subjects in Nigerians: a controlled clinical study

The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
E A Dosumu

Abstract

A clinical study was carried out between January 1996 and December 1997 in Iwo Nigeria to determine among others the types and frequency of occurrence of side-effects of anti-tuberculous drugs in the 8-month regimen recommended by the Nigerian National Tuberculosis Control Programme Committee (NTCP) for newly diagnosed (ND) Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) cases. This was compared with a 6-month regimen used within the same population of ND PTB subjects at Iwo Nigeria. 65 (13%) of the 500 patients in group one on the 8-month regimen had various side-effects while 7 (14%) of the 50 patients in group two on the 6-month regimen manifested various side-effects. The side-effects rate and frequencies were similar and in both, they were mild and did not materially lead to major change of the anti-tuberculous medications. The regimen used in this study in group one (NTCP recommended) and group two recorded low incidence of side-effects. It confirmed that Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) when applied with the recommended regimen by the Nigerian NTCP is effective and is characterised by low and minor side-effects.

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