Can i buy a cure for TB from boots?

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I checked BOOTS.com online and no they don't seem to sell anything to help. They probably have something but you would need to get a slip from the doctor first.

Today, treatment involves three or four different kinds of antibiotics given in combination over six to nine months.

Multiple medicines are necessary to prevent the emergence of resistance, which would lead to treatment failure and the nightmare of multiple drug-resistant organisms.

Single medicines must never be added to a failing treatment regime. Therapy should be directed by a chest physician who will have specialist knowledge of the complications and side effects of TB medicines.

Attention to the details of treatment are vital. The main cause of treatment failure is non-compliance with what is perceived as a demanding and prolonged programme of therapy.

Those patients who are microscopy or smear positive are infectious and, if possible, should avoid contact with other people for two weeks.

Patients do not require hospital admission in order to start treatment. Other patients with a lower bacterial load are smear negative but culture positive on testing. These patients are not as infectious but should still have therapy along conventional lines.

Chemoprophylaxis with a single medicine, isoniazid, may be given for 6 to 12 months with the aim of preventing future disease in individuals who show no evidence of disease, but have a strongly positive tuberculin skin test and no evidence of previous BCG vaccine to explain the positive skin test.

Pregnant women with TB must be treated urgently as the disease may progress rapidly with high risk to both mother and baby.

So I'd recommend that you went to see your doctor soon as possible just to be safe.

If you travel in countries where tuberculosis is a problem, get vaccinated and avoid socialising with people who have a persistent cough.

Make sure that you eat well and enjoy plenty of sunlight and exercise. Seek medical attention if you develop a cough that persists for more than three weeks.