Antimicrobials
Ethambutol

Ethambutol

N/A
Good (70 to 90%)

General Information

Treatment of tuberculosis; often part of multi-drug regimen.

  • Optic neuritis with decreased visual acuity, central scotomata and loss of green and red perception

  • Peripheral neuropathy and headache (~1%)

  • Rashes (rare), arthralgia (rare), hyperuricemia (rare)

Frequency not defined

  • Myocarditis, pericarditis

  • Confusion, disorientation, dizziness, hallucination, headache, malaise

  • Dermatitis, erythema multiforme

  • Hyperuricemia

  • Abdominal pain, anorexia, gastric distress, nausea, vomitting

  • Eosinophilia, leukopenia, lymphadenopathy, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia

  • Hepatitis, hepatotoxicity

  • Arthralgia

  • Nephritis

  • Pneumonitis

Aluminum salts (e.g. aluminum hydroxide).