Who should not take Rifamate Oral?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- caloric undernutrition
- a type of joint disorder due to excess uric acid in the blood called gout
- alcohol use disorder
- a painful condition that affects the nerves in the legs and arms called peripheral neuropathy
- acute liver failure
- recurring liver problems
- liver problems
- severe liver disease
- severe renal impairment
- severe nausea and vomiting that has lasted a long time
- high blood sugar
- abnormal liver function tests
- anemia from pyruvate kinase and G6PD deficiencies
- diabetic complication causing injury to some body nerves
- slow acetylator
- diabetes
- porphyria
- hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition that affects the kidney and the blood
- decreased blood-clotting from low vitamin K
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a type of blood disorder
- liver problems
- abnormal liver function tests
- a yellowing of the eyes or skin from buildup of bilirubin called jaundice
- lung tissue problem
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