Reviewer: nylady464@aol.com, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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my doctor told me i had to take this medicine for 6 months..i took it for one month, every nite right before bedtime i'd take one pill, about 2/3hrs. later i'm up with severe stomach cramps..i also noticed at times when reading or watching t.v. my eyes would get watery and couldn't see very clear..after 30days, i asked my doctor to see if there was any way he could lower the dosage or ... Show Full Comment

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my doctor told me i had to take this medicine for 6 months..i took it for one month, every nite right before bedtime i'd take one pill, about 2/3hrs. later i'm up with severe stomach cramps..i also noticed at times when reading or watching t.v. my eyes would get watery and couldn't see very clear..after 30days, i asked my doctor to see if there was any way he could lower the dosage or an alternative other than this pill/medicine, he told me no. great! i told him then i have no choice but to stop this medicine 30days of severe stomach cramps every night like clock work was enough for me! it was killing me slowly! i don't like the idea that i have this tb/inactive..but there has to be another form of medicine, i've read up on this recently and i can't believe all the side effects it has, i also recently had blood work done and my doctor tells me that my white blood count is 13 when it should be 10..hello...from what i read this medicine can do that i'm so confused, i felt so much better before getting on this medicine and now other things can be happening to my body, who knows if my doctor knows what he's doing! i just want to know if there is another form of medicine with much much less side effects than this one.
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Reviewer: TB boy, 25-34 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I was about to start taking this medication for inactive TB, but I read all the side effects and the comments of many people that had taken this medication and I refused to do it. I believed the medication should be take if become active only. If we take the medication, whatever, we are not 100% immune to develope active TB and the health risks fot taking it are very high. I will suggest anyone wi ... Show Full Comment

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I was about to start taking this medication for inactive TB, but I read all the side effects and the comments of many people that had taken this medication and I refused to do it. I believed the medication should be take if become active only. If we take the medication, whatever, we are not 100% immune to develope active TB and the health risks fot taking it are very high. I will suggest anyone with inactive TB and normal to strong immune system to avoid to take it until becomes active. That might never happen. Some patients live with inactive TB all their lives and never notice it. My personal opinion.
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Reviewer: Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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i only comment with stars because it requires it i have taken this treatment for only one week and from the begginning to now i suffer severe headaches, continued loss of appetite, extreme tiredness/fatigue is there anything to counter act this it sure isn't worth going through for a preventitive. at this rate i'd rather treat if it ever became active

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i only comment with stars because it requires it i have taken this treatment for only one week and from the begginning to now i suffer severe headaches, continued loss of appetite, extreme tiredness/fatigue is there anything to counter act this it sure isn't worth going through for a preventitive. at this rate i'd rather treat if it ever became active
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Caregiver)

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I have been taking this for 8mo's now I have experienced head aches body aches fatigue moodiness & cough now I am noticing hair loss & breakage, anytime I have said this to my doctor she says it's not a side affect so I quit telling her this was an on the job exposure & they haven't done a thing except supply the meds I haven't had blood tests done I have asked to see a ... Show Full Comment

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I have been taking this for 8mo's now I have experienced head aches body aches fatigue moodiness & cough now I am noticing hair loss & breakage, anytime I have said this to my doctor she says it's not a side affect so I quit telling her this was an on the job exposure & they haven't done a thing except supply the meds I haven't had blood tests done I have asked to see a specialist & as of yet have not received a reply, don't know if meds have worked, easy to take because it's a pill difficult because of why I take, satisfied?? how?? why?? satisfied because I get to take a med that is so seriousnobody monitors & it was negligence that caused me to be exposed..nope not satisfied.
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Reviewer: TJ, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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It's been a few years since taking INH for latent TB. I recall severe joint pain/swelling and various other ailments. I still can't get rings over my knuckles. My life/health is still "not right" I also fear lupus, as my recent bloodwork seems to indicate. I've also done some research on ganglion cysts I now have & there may be a link to the INH!?! Thankfully, no other fr ... Show Full Comment

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It's been a few years since taking INH for latent TB. I recall severe joint pain/swelling and various other ailments. I still can't get rings over my knuckles. My life/health is still "not right" I also fear lupus, as my recent bloodwork seems to indicate. I've also done some research on ganglion cysts I now have & there may be a link to the INH!?! Thankfully, no other friends/family members have ever had a positive PPD (I still question the when/where I could have picked it up). My xrays were clear & I have no other signs of TB. Because the side-effects were making life pretty miserable and my liver enzymes were beginnig to become affected, my public health nurse gave her "blessing" for me to quit after 4-1/2 months...I'm thinking not soon enough!
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