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Published: 2020-10-26

Effect of concomitant HIV infection on adverse drug reactions by first line antitubercular drugs - a case series analysis

Department of Pharmacology, Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College, Jaipur, India
Department of Pharmacology and Co-Ordinator, Pharmacovigilance centre, Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), TB-HIV Co-infection, First Line Antitubercular Drugs (FLD), Pharmacovigilance Programme, India

Abstract

The pattern and severity of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) due to first-line anti-tubercular drugs in solely tubercular and TB-HIV co-infected patients could be different due to drug-disease and drug-drug interactions in TB-HIV co-infected patients. Nevertheless, the studies regarding this aspect are very meager. Hence a retrospective appraisal of individual case safety reports (ICSR) due to first-line antitubercular drugs spontaneously submitted to the ADR monitoring center was done for solely tubercular and TB-HIV coinfected patients. Out of eight ICSRs, four had concomitant HIV infection, and two of them were on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Co-infected patients showed rare and severe ADRs like optic neuritis, acute renal failure, and drug-induced liver injury (DILI). In contrast, four non-HIV co-infected tubercular patients suffered from comparatively less severe cutaneous reactions and vertigo. A high negative (-0.774) correlation coefficient between HIV co-infection and recovery status found that HIV co-infected patients had low chances of fully recovering. In conclusion, HIV co-infection and ARV drugs can affect the pattern, severity, and recovery status of adverse drug reactions due to first-line antitubercular drugs.



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Bansal A, Sharma L. Effect of concomitant HIV infection on adverse drug reactions by first line antitubercular drugs - a case series analysis. jidhealth [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 26 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];3(3):222-5. Available from: https://www.jidhealth.com/index.php/jidhealth/article/view/73