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Does Quadtab Prescribed For Pleural Effusion Have Any Side Effects ?
i have a diagnose a Pleural effusion on my left lower lung . my doctor require me to took a levoflaxacin 1 tablet a day for 7days and another week of not taking it and i must see him after. At the day i went to his clinic and examine me tru xray theirs no changing at my lungs. . . and he ask me to take quadtab.. . and i afraid to take that drug because of the side effect because i m candidate to graduate.
Wed, 4 Apr 2012
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YOU HAVE NOT MENTIONED THAT YOUR PLEURAL EFFUSION WAS TAPPED OF DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSE OR NOT
IN PLEURAL FLUID, IF FLUID EXAMINATION SUGGEST EXUDATIVE PICTURE (PROTEIN >3GM%) AND PREDOMINANT LYMPHOCYTES THEN PLEURAL EFFUSION IS SUGGESTIVE OF TUBERCULAR ETIOLOGY
YOU CAN ALSO GO FOR TB-PCR & ADA TEST, TB GAMMA INTERFERON FOR CROSS CHECKING OF TUBERCULAR INFECTION.
QUADTAB IS ANTITUBERCULAR MEDICINE AND ALTHOUGH MAY CAUSE FEW LIVER RELATED SIDE EFFECTS BUT THESE ARE CURABLE AND DISEASE CAN BE MANAGED BY OTHER ANTITUBERCULAR MEDICINE IF YOU WILL FACE LIVER ORIENTED SIDE EFFECTS.
YOU SHOULD ALSO CONSULT TO PULMONOLOGIST
TAKE CARE & GET WELL SOON
DR. MAYANK BHARGAVA
YOU HAVE NOT MENTIONED THAT YOUR PLEURAL EFFUSION WAS TAPPED OF DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSE OR NOT
IN PLEURAL FLUID, IF FLUID EXAMINATION SUGGEST EXUDATIVE PICTURE (PROTEIN >3GM%) AND PREDOMINANT LYMPHOCYTES THEN PLEURAL EFFUSION IS SUGGESTIVE OF TUBERCULAR ETIOLOGY
YOU CAN ALSO GO FOR TB-PCR & ADA TEST, TB GAMMA INTERFERON FOR CROSS CHECKING OF TUBERCULAR INFECTION.
QUADTAB IS ANTITUBERCULAR MEDICINE AND ALTHOUGH MAY CAUSE FEW LIVER RELATED SIDE EFFECTS BUT THESE ARE CURABLE AND DISEASE CAN BE MANAGED BY OTHER ANTITUBERCULAR MEDICINE IF YOU WILL FACE LIVER ORIENTED SIDE EFFECTS.
YOU SHOULD ALSO CONSULT TO PULMONOLOGIST
TAKE CARE & GET WELL SOON
DR. MAYANK BHARGAVA
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