"Side effects--part of the package": a mixed methods approach to study adverse events among patients being programmatically treated for DR-TB in Gujarat, India.

The incidence of AEs was high among patients with DR-TB in the first three months of treatment and treatment seeking/reporting was low. Adequate health education and counselling of the patient and orientation of the health systems is the need of the hour. An efficient real-time reporting and management of AE should be developed and tested for effective DR-TB control.