Drug Information
Rifapentine
Indications
Treatment of tuberculosis infection. Click to listen highlighted text! Indications Treatment of tuberculosis infection.
Contraindications and precautions
1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or Rifamycins.
2.Do not use this medication together with Rilpivirine.
3.Avoid concomitant use with antiretroviral drugs particularly Protease Inhibitors such as: etravirine, maraviroc, nevirapine, elvitegravir/cobicistat, tenofovir alafenamide, raltegravir, dolutegravir. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions 1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or Rifamycins. 2.Do not use this medication together with Rilpivirine. 3.Avoid concomitant use with antiretroviral drugs particularly Protease Inhibitors such as: etravirine, maraviroc, nevirapine, elvitegravir/cobicistat, tenofovir alafenamide, raltegravir, dolutegravir.
Recommendations of drug use
- This medicine should be taken on an empty stomach.
- The medicine must be taken strictly as directed by your physician.
- Do not discontinue the medication on your own, even if there are no symptoms.
- There are many drugs that may interact with this medication. You should take counsel with the physician or pharmacist.
- This medication may cause discoloration (orange, or red) of body fluids such as urine, tears, saliva, stools. It it not necessary to discontinue the medication. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use - This medicine should be taken on an empty stomach. - The medicine must be taken strictly as directed by your physician. - Do not discontinue the medication on your own, even if there are no symptoms. - There are many drugs that may interact with this medication. You should take counsel with the physician or pharmacist. - This medication may cause discoloration (orange, or red) of body fluids such as urine, tears, saliva, stools. It it not necessary to discontinue the medication.
Adverse Reactions
- This medication may cause itchy rash, urticaria, or hypersensitivity reaction including Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
- This medication may cause Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), colitis, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting.
- This medication may cause anemia, lymphocytopenia.
- This medication may cause hepatitis, hemoptysis, arthralgia. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions - This medication may cause itchy rash, urticaria, or hypersensitivity reaction including Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. - This medication may cause Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), colitis, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting. - This medication may cause anemia, lymphocytopenia. - This medication may cause hepatitis, hemoptysis, arthralgia.
Drug storage
Store in a dry place; in a closed container; protected from light; at a temperature 25 degrees Celsius. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store in a dry place; in a closed container; protected from light; at a temperature 25 degrees Celsius.
The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only.
If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists. Click to listen highlighted text! The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only. If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists.
Rifapentine. In: In Depth Answers [database on the Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 7]. Available from: www.micromedexsolutions.com.