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Important TB drug as effective at lower dose, study finds


The treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been transformed over the last decade with treatment becoming more effective, safer, and treatment duration in many cases dropping to under a year.
Even so, treatment can still come with serious side effects and for some, it can still last over a year and a half and involve taking many different pills every day.
In a finding that may help further reduce side effects, new research has found that the dosage of the drug linezolid can be lowered without compromising how well it works. Together with another drug called bedaquiline, linezolid has been responsible for much of the recent progress. ....

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