[e-drug] New TB Therapy May Halve Treatment Time (2)

["Leo Offerhaus" <offerhausl@euronet.nl>]

E-drug: New TB Therapy May Halve Treatment Time (2)
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Dear E-druggers,

Why another (patented) quinolone for tuberculosis treatment when 
ofloxacin is already on the WHO list for the same indication? Are 
there any comparative trials? Published? Where? And has ofloxacin - 
which has a number of disturbing CNS side effects - ever been 
critically compared with older off-patent quinolones? What about 
development of resistance? It is alright if hard data are available, 
otherwise it is just another gimmick to push the N-th me-too drug. 
Patients are not helped with empty promises.

Best wishes,

Leo Offerhaus, Netherlands.
offerhausl@euronet.nl

[Thanks Leo for listing some of the concerns I also have. KM, moderator]