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SUBMITTER: Gengiah TN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114264 | biostudies-other | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gengiah Tanuja N TN Gray Andrew L AL Naidoo Kogieleum K Karim Quarraisha Abdool QA
Expert opinion on drug safety 20110105 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>Integrating HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment can reduce mortality substantially. Practical barriers to treatment integration still exist and include safety concerns related to concomitant drug use because of drug interactions and additive toxicities. Altered therapeutic concentrations may influence the chances of treatment success or toxicity.<h4>Areas covered</h4>The available data on drug-drug interactions between the rifamycin class of anti-mycobacterials and the non-n ...[more]