Safety Profile of Medicines Used for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Descriptive Study Based on the WHO Database (VigiBase ® ).
Alemayehu Lelisa DugaFrancesco SalvoAlexander W KayAlbert FiguerasPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
A third of the reports required medication withdrawal, which impacts treatment adherence and ultimately leads to drug resistance. Additionally, more than 40% of the reports indicated that ADRs appeared two months after the commencement of treatment, thus it's important to remain alert for the potential ADRs for the entire duration of the treatment.