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[3] Rifampicin was discovered in 1965, marketed in Italy in 1968, and approved in the United States in 1971. [5] [6] [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8] The World Health Organization classifies rifampicin as critically important for human medicine. [9] It is available as a generic medication. [3]
The name was originally given by two microbiologists working with the Italian drug company Group Lepetit SpA in Milan, the Italian Grazia Beretta, and Pinhas Margalith of Israel. [5] In 1969, the bacterium was renamed Nocardia mediterranei when another scientist named Thiemann found that it has a cell wall typical of the Nocardia species.
Rifapentine, sold under the brand name Priftin, is an antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis. [2] In active tuberculosis it is used together with other antituberculosis medications . [ 2 ] In latent tuberculosis it is typically used with isoniazid . [ 2 ]
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The hope of a fixed-dose combination pill is to increase the likelihood that people will take all of three medications. [5] Also, if people forget to take one or two of their drugs, they might not then develop resistance to the remaining drugs.
It is not recommended in people with liver problems or severe kidney problems. [3] Use may not be suitable in children. [1] It is unclear if use during pregnancy is safe. [3] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [4] It is sold under the brand names Voractiv and Rimstar in the UK. [3]
Clofazimine, sold under the brand name Lamprene, is a medication used together with rifampicin and dapsone to treat leprosy. [1] It is specifically used for multibacillary (MB) leprosy and erythema nodosum leprosum. [2]
Isoniazid/rifampicin, also known as isoniazid/rifampin, is a medication used to treat tuberculosis. [1] It is a fixed dose combination of isoniazid and rifampicin (rifampin). [1] It is used together with other antituberculosis medication. [1] It is taken by mouth. [1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [2]