Cycloserine

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity, epilepsy, depression or psychosis, renal failure, alcoholics Contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

CNS toxicity, folic acid deficiency, megaloblastic anemia and sideroblastic anemia.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Dizziness, headache, tremors, nervousness, psychotic states, visual disturbances, seizures. Change in a liver function tests. Convulsions (dose related).

Drug Category/Class

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Antimycobacterials
  • Drugs for Treatment of Tuberculosis
  • Antimetabolites
  • Antibiotics
  • Antiinfectives for Systemic Use
  • Antibiotics
Prescribed Used in combination with up to 5 other drugs as a treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and is also used to treat tuberculosis (TB).
Weight :102.0919
Structure Cycloserine
Generic Drug Cycloserine prescribed Used in combination with up to 5 other drugs as a treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and is also used to treat tuberculosis (TB).
Formula

C3H6N2O2

Cycloserine has 10 Brands listed


Coxerin (250 mg)Cyclokox (250 mg)
Cyclorin (250 mg)Cyclorine (250 mg)
Cyserin (250 mg)Cyserin (250 mg) (VHB)
MDSerine (250 mg)Myser (250 mg)
Novaserine (250 mg)Pamserine (250 mg)

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