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@honeybtorres

Hello All-
About a month ago, while getting my testing complete to begin Nursing Clinicals, my TB titer cane back positive for latent TB. I was immediately called in for an xray, which came back clear, but was told i needed a 3moth course of meds! 9 pills(3of one, and 6 of another) once weekly. I was told side effects would be slim to none.
Well thats a gross understatement. I have been severly fatigued, emotional, nauseated, and have had no appetite which has caused weightloss. Is this normal? Not only this but my anxiety and panic attacks have been at an all time high!
And not only do i have latent, but my 14 yr old daughter does too! Shes on her secomd week of tge nine pill regimine, and seems good so far.
I was told by my primary care to stop my course with 6 weeks left and they set me up with an appt with an infectious disease specialist. Im sick amd discouraged. Any advice for a Poor Honey B ?

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Replies to "Hello All- About a month ago, while getting my testing complete to begin Nursing Clinicals, my..."

@honeybtorres Hello Honey B and welcome to our group. I am with @boomerexpert on getting another opinion. I have never heard of getting prescribed powerful antibiotics just on titer info. I am no medical expert, so I could be wrong. I do know that when mac (not TB) is first gtown in a petrie dish; that it looks like TB, but after 8 wks it changes in appearance and is then diagnosed as mac. Were you or are you in a country outside of the U.S. where you would have exposure to tb?

@honeybtorres, Hello Honeyb. Thought I would check in on you. How are you doing? Have you gotten any definitive answers or test results?