ARTICLE: Cycloserine did not increase depression incidence or severity at standard dosing for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
AUTHORS: Jeffrey A Tornheim, Zarir F Udwadia, Prerna R Arora, Ishita Gajjar, Nikhil Gupte, Samridhi Sharma, Megha Karane, Namrata Sawant, Nisha Kharat, Alexander J Blum, Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar, Jai B Mullerpattan, Lancelot M Pinto, Tester F Ashavaid, Amita Gupta, Camilla Rodrigues
JOURNAL: Eur Respir J. 2022 Mar 24;59(3):2102511. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02511-2021. Print 2022 Mar.
Abstract
In a longitudinal cohort of MDR-TB patients receiving individualised, DST-based treatment, neither the inclusion of cycloserine in a multidrug regimen nor the dose used (up to 750 mg daily) significantly increased incidence of depression during treatment.
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