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Rifater
Identifier
001149
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Rifater[16] - is a fixed dose combination tablet used in the treatment of tuberculosis. Each tablet contains 120 mg rifampicin, 50 mg isoniazid and 300 mg pyrazinamide. It is used in the first two months of tuberculosis treatment. The purpose of the fixed dose combination is to make it easier for patients to take their medication; but also to ensure that if patients forget to take one or two of their drugs, they do not then develop resistance to the remaining drugs