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[3] Rifampicin was discovered in 1965, marketed in Italy in 1968, and approved in the United States in 1971. [5] [6] [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8] The World Health Organization classifies rifampicin as critically important for human medicine. [9] It is available as a generic medication. [3]
Rifampin rapidly kills fast-dividing bacilli strains as well as "persisters" cells, which remain biologically inactive for long periods of time that allow them to evade antibiotic activity. [7] In addition, rifabutin and rifapentine have both been used against tuberculosis acquired in HIV-positive patients.
Iron rings used in a laboratory. An iron ring or ring clamp is an item of laboratory equipment which comprises a conjoined metal ring and radially-extending rod. [1] In some cases, the rod terminates in a screw clamp for attachment to a retort stand or other support; in others, the rod may be attached to a stand by means of a laboratory clamp holder. [2]
Cramp-rings are rings anciently worn as a cure for cramp and "falling-sickness" or epilepsy. [1] The legend is that the first one was presented to Edward the Confessor by a pilgrim on his return from Jerusalem, its miraculous properties being explained to the king.
Marman clamps are used extensively in spaceflight systems and are common mechanical load-transfer and clamping mechanisms for connecting the upper stage and the satellite payload of space vehicles, [3] [4] for example, on the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer on the Cassini orbiter. They may also be used to join stages of a booster rocket. [3]
Serious side effects may include liver problems or Clostridioides difficile associated diarrhea. [3] It is unclear if use during pregnancy is safe. [3] Rifapentine is in the rifamycin family of medication and works by blocking DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. [3] Rifapentine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1998. [2]
The hope of a fixed-dose combination pill is to increase the likelihood that people will take all of three medications. [5] Also, if people forget to take one or two of their drugs, they might not then develop resistance to the remaining drugs.
Spontaneous reports to the U.S. FDA Adverse Effects Reporting System at the time of the 20 September 2011 U.S. FDA Pediatric Drugs Advisory Committee included musculoskeletal events (39, including five cases of tendon rupture) and central nervous system events (19, including five cases of seizures) as the most common spontaneous reports between ...