[afro-nets] Moxifloxacin - potential new treatment for TB (2)

[Douglas Ball <douglasball@yahoo.co.uk>]

Moxifloxacin - potential new treatment for TB (2)
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Below is a copy of a response to this article from E-DRUG, a
sister e-mail discussion forum.

Regards,

Douglas Ball
Kuwait University
mailto:douglasball@yahoo.co.uk

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E-drug: New TB Therapy May Halve Treatment Time (2)
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http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/200510/msg00019.php

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.
mailto:offerhausl@euronet.nl