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Old 05-14-2012, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Idiopathic PN View Post
I was diagnosed with Ileocecal TB in 2000 or 2001. I was on treatment supposedly for 6 months but because of nausea and vomitting, my dosage was adjusted up and down depending on my tolerance. So, the whole course was extended to 9 months.

I forgot the name of the antibiotic I was on.

Assuming the TB medication is the cause of my PN, does it take 10 years to show the symptoms of the damage?
It would depend on what you took. Some of the drugs are harsher than others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifampicin
This drug is often combined with isoniazid.
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