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Faster body metabolism renders TB drugs ineffective

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Faster body metabolism renders TB drugs ineffectiveWashington, Jan 4 - Tuberculosis (TB) which becomes resistent to multi-drugs is not caused by irregular doses, as is widely believed, but by speedy drug metabolism, according to a US study.

The body sees drugs as foreign chemicals and tries to rid itself of them, said Tawanda Gumbo, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern, who led the study.


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