Tuberculosis
Health
Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to inform patients of the potentially severe side effects of tuberculosis medication.
Anne Milton (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Public Health), Health; Guildford, Conservative)
Information on treatment for tuberculosis (TB), including the possible side effects of the drugs used is primarily a matter for individual clinicians to discuss with their patients as part of clinical care.
General information on TB treatment and possible side effects is provided on the websites of NHS Choices and TB Alert, the national charity for TB, which the Department has funded to raise public and healthcare professional awareness of TB.