Business View Caribbean - Apr 2024

non-transmissible tuberculosis germs. He noted that rifapentine and isoniazid combination pills, which the ministry recently obtained, will soon be included in treatment regimens. This will lessen the amount of pills taken, just like the others. For a period of 12 weeks, the patients will receive these pills once a week. At the moment, patients are simply taking one daily isoniazid medication to treat latent tuberculosis infection. Patients will be able to better manage their disease by taking fewer pills and receiving shorter treatments if these ideas are put into practice. Dr. Mohanlall emphasized that this new regimen will streamline pill usage,much like current ways.These combination pills will be administered to patients once a week for a duration of 12 weeks; this is a significant improvement over the existing daily prescription of isoniazid pills for latent tuberculosis infection. 10 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 11, ISSUE 04