Abstract

CASE REPORT ON ANTI-TUBERCULAR DRUGS INDUCED GASTRITIS

Rohit Bangwal*, Shivam Bisht, Saurabh Saklani, Jagdish Rawat, Dev Singh Jangpani

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the most pressing health problems, with India being the highest TB burden country. A case of 46 years old man, weighing 35 kg, brought to hospital with the chief complains of generalized weakness, nausea, vomiting (multiple episodes), fever (on/off), acidity, sour throat, indigestion of food & pain in abdomen in the last 3 days. He had a history of pulmonary Koch’s in 1 month’s back pulmonologist was diagnosed, he was taking regular first line ATT medication. Anti-tubercular drugs induce gastritis is one of the most common adverse effects. The incidence rate of anti-tubercular drugs induced gastritis has found to be 36.1% in India. As a clinician & clinical pharmacist role, advised & counselling the patient, continue and complete the course of anti-tubercular drugs therapy. As a clinical pharmacist we role patients undergoing treatment for tuberculosis needs health education in detail concerning not only adherence and the benefits of ATT but also the side effects. As a health care team members pulmonologist & clinical pharmacist are needs to be made aware of these potentially fatal adverse effects associated with anti- tubercular therapy via conduction of quality-based seminars, and health care camps published medical literature, conferences & learning programs.

Keywords: Anti-tubercular therapy, adverse effects, pulmonologist, gastritis.