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What Causes Discoloration Of Saliva After Taking Rifampicin?

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Posted on Sat, 15 Apr 2017
Question: sir with anti tubercular lymphadentis treatment for last five months please explain me one thing,
last week after taking the medicine I usually used to do brush and clean my tongue with tongue cleaner normally ,during that day I took my medicines as usual and started cleaning my tongue as usually now during the tongue cleaning I started cleaning suddenly the saliva which came out in the colour of medicine so I got confused and nearly one and half hour I took another extra tablet so that my dose for the day won't be compromised,so please explain whether my tablets will be effective for that particular day
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Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (30 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Yes, it will be effective.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX Yes your tablets will be effective for the day since you have not vomitted the tablets out . The saliva is coloures because of medicine ( rifampicin) . If you have taken a single tablet extra then it causes no imbalance between your other drugs because these drugs have their individual function and act on mycobacterium tuberculi at different levels. Regards
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What Causes Discoloration Of Saliva After Taking Rifampicin?

Brief Answer: Yes, it will be effective. Detailed Answer: Hello XXXXXXX Yes your tablets will be effective for the day since you have not vomitted the tablets out . The saliva is coloures because of medicine ( rifampicin) . If you have taken a single tablet extra then it causes no imbalance between your other drugs because these drugs have their individual function and act on mycobacterium tuberculi at different levels. Regards