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==Administration==
*Type: Anti-[[TB]]
*Dosage Forms:
*Routes of Administration: PO, IM
*Common Trade Names: INH
 
==Adult Dosing==
*Typically 5 mg/kg (or 300mg) daily
 
==Pediatric Dosing==
* ≤40 kg: 10-15 mg/kg daily, maximum 300mg/dose
*>40kg: 5 mg/kg daily max 300mg/dose
 
==Special Populations==
===[[Drug pregnancy categories|Pregnancy Rating]]===
*Category A
 
===Lactation risk===
*Considered compatible with breast feeding<ref> World Health Organization (WHO). Breastfeeding and maternal medication, recommendations for drugs in the eleventh WHO model list of essential drugs. 2002. http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/55732/en/</ref>
 
===Renal Dosing===
*No adjustment
 
===Hepatic Dosing===
*No official adjustment necessary per manufacturer's labeling but use with caution in patient's with preexisting liver disease
 
==Contraindications==
*Allergy/hypersensitivity to class/drug
*Prior history of hepatic injury or severe adverse reaction to isoniazid
*Acute liver disease
 
==Adverse Reactions==
===Serious===
 
===Common===
*Increased serum transaminases
 
==Pharmacology==
*Half-life: Fast acetylators: 30 to 100 minutes, slow acetylators: 2 to 5 hours
*Metabolism: Hepatic
*Excretion: Mostly urine
 
==Mechanism of Action==
*Inhibits synthesis of mycoloic acids (essential bacterial cell wall component)
 
==Comments==
 
 
==See Also==
*[[Isoniazid toxicity]]
 
==References==
*Nahid P, Dorman SE, Alipanah N, et al. Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(7):e147-e195.
*Uptodate
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 8 February 2021

Administration

  • Type: Anti-TB
  • Dosage Forms:
  • Routes of Administration: PO, IM
  • Common Trade Names: INH

Adult Dosing

  • Typically 5 mg/kg (or 300mg) daily

Pediatric Dosing

  • ≤40 kg: 10-15 mg/kg daily, maximum 300mg/dose
  • >40kg: 5 mg/kg daily max 300mg/dose

Special Populations

Pregnancy Rating

  • Category A

Lactation risk

  • Considered compatible with breast feeding[1]

Renal Dosing

  • No adjustment

Hepatic Dosing

  • No official adjustment necessary per manufacturer's labeling but use with caution in patient's with preexisting liver disease

Contraindications

  • Allergy/hypersensitivity to class/drug
  • Prior history of hepatic injury or severe adverse reaction to isoniazid
  • Acute liver disease

Adverse Reactions

Serious

Common

  • Increased serum transaminases

Pharmacology

  • Half-life: Fast acetylators: 30 to 100 minutes, slow acetylators: 2 to 5 hours
  • Metabolism: Hepatic
  • Excretion: Mostly urine

Mechanism of Action

  • Inhibits synthesis of mycoloic acids (essential bacterial cell wall component)

Comments

See Also

References

  • Nahid P, Dorman SE, Alipanah N, et al. Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(7):e147-e195.
  • Uptodate
  1. World Health Organization (WHO). Breastfeeding and maternal medication, recommendations for drugs in the eleventh WHO model list of essential drugs. 2002. http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/55732/en/