What does R stand for?

Rifampicin

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Currently, the share of tuberculosis department of respiratory medicine at NHL Municipal Medical College at Ahmedabad, pointed out that Risorine could even replace the currently used Rifampicin used in the 'Directly Observed Treatment Short-course' (DOTS) therapy.

India : Cadila Pharma eyes Rs 80 crore from Risorine

It has been well demonstrated that rifampicin accelerates the metabolism of both ethinyloestradiol and progestogens and potential failure of both COC and the progesterone-only pill.

Combined oral contraception and broad-spectrum antibiotic use

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), MDR-TB is a specific form of drug-resistant TB which contains a bacillus resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most powerful anti-TB drugs.

IRIN: Losing the battle against multi-drug resistant TB?

Rifampicin and other drugs which stimulate or induce the enzymes in liver, decrease the effect of verapamil.

Medicines and Drugs Used in Disorders of the Heart

The researchers determined the existence of viable counts of bacteria on Tryptic soy agar supplemented with rifampicin and nalidixic acid.

Inactivate E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked ground beef patties using ...

More than 5% of TB cases are now multi-drug resistant - defined as where the two standard drugs, rifampicin and isoniazid, have little effect - the WHO said.

World Health Organisation: New rapid tests for multi-drug resistant TB

An antibiotic combination of streptomycin and rifampicin can knock out smaller ulcers, but treatment takes months.

Still waters: skin disease microbe tracked to ponds, swamps

But with the more widespread use of rifampicin and other drugs (in recent years), the situation is going to go more quickly out of control because of the presence of HIV," which leaves victims much more susceptible to TB, he said.

TB increasingly resistant to some drugs; WHO report; 1 in 20 cases ...