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Slide 034 Interventions for Tuberculosis Control and Elimination
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The most frequent adverse drug event is arthralgia, as a result of inhibition of uric acid excretion. Like isoniazid and rifampicin, pyrazinamide is also potentially hepatotoxic. In the currently recommended dosages hepatitis is a relatively infrequent event, however.

   
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