Rifampin
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- Rifampin is a selective, pleiotropic inducer of drug metabolism genes in human hepatocytes: studies with cDNA and oligonucleotide expression arrays.
- Rifampin is a somewhat unique antibiotic that is used in combination with erythromycin.
- Because resistant microorganisms emerge during treatment, rifampin is used along with other drugs, e.
- Rifampin is one of several drugs used in a multi-drug cocktail for the treatment of tuberculosis.
- They usually occur during intermittent therapy or when treatment is resumed following intentional or accidental interruption of a daily dosage regimen, and are reversible when rifampin is discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted.
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