The best for you that your family doctor check your progress at regular appointments In addition, you must check with your family doctor immediately if blurred vision or loss of vision, with or without eye pain, occurs during treat . He or she may want you to have your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist - eye family doctor.
If your symptoms do not improve within 2 to 3 weeks, or if they become worse, check with your family doctor.
Oral contraceptives - birth control pills containing estrogen may not work properly if you take them while you are taking rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol combination. Unplanned pregnancies may occur. You must use a various method of birth control while you are taking this drug . If you have any questions about this, check with your health care professional.
Liver problems may be more likely to occur if you drink alcoholic beverages regularly while you are taking this drug. Always the regular use of alcohol may keep this drug from help you. Therefore, you must strictly limit the amount of alcoholic beverages you drink while you are taking this drug .
Certain foods such as cheese - Swiss or Cheshire or fish - tuna, skipjack, or Sardinella may rarely cause reactions in some diseaseds taking isoniazid-containing medication. Check with your family doctor if redness or itching of the skin, hot feeling, fast or pounding heartbeat, sweating, chills or clammy feeling, headache, or lightheadedness occurs while you are taking this drug.
This drug will cause urine, stool, saliva, sputum, sweat and tears to turn reddish-orange to reddish-brown. This is to be expected while you are taking this drug. This effect may cause soft contact lenses to become permanently discolored. Standard cleaning solutions may not take out all the discoloration. Therefore, it is best not to wear soft contact lenses while taking this drug . Hard contact lenses are not discolored by this drug. This condition will return to normal once you stop taking this drug. If you have any questions about this, check with your health care professional.
If this drug causes you to feel very tired or very weak; or causes clumsiness; unsteadiness; a loss of appetite; nausea; numbness, tingling, burning, or pain in the hands and feet; or vomiting, stop taking it and check with your family doctor immediately . These may be early warning symptoms of more serious liver or nerve problems that could develop later.
Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol combination may cause blood problems. These problems may result in a greater risk of certain infections, slow healing and bleeding of the gums. Therefore, you must be careful when using regular toothbrushes, dental floss and toothpicks. Dental work must be delayed until your blood counts have returned to normal. Check with your family doctor or dentist if you have any questions about proper oral hygiene - mouth care during treat.
For diabetic diseaseds: This drug may cause false test results with urine ketone tests . Check with your family doctor before changing your diet or the dosage of your diabetes drug.