Pretomanid Tablets and Secobarbital

• Generic Name: pretomanid
• Dosage Forms: tablet
• Other Brand Names:

Limited Population: Pretomanid is an antimycobacterial indicated as part of a combination regimen with bedaquiline and linezolid for the treatment of adults with pulmonary extensively drug resistant (XDR), treatment-intolerant or nonresponsive multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB). Approval of this indication is based on limited clinical safety and efficacy data. This drug is indicated for use in a limited and specific population of patients.

Pretomanid is not indicated for patients with: drug-sensitive (DS) tuberculosis, latent infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, extrapulmonary infection due to M. tuberculosis, or MDR-TB that is not treatment-intolerant or nonresponsive to standard therapy.

Safety and effectiveness of pretomanid have not been established for its use in combination with drugs other than bedaquiline and linezolid as part of the recommended dosing regimen.

• Generic Name: secobarbital
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Seconal Sodium, Seconal

Secobarbital is a barbiturate (bar-BIT-chur-ate) that slows the activity of your brain and nervous system.

Secobarbital is used short-term to treat insomnia, or as a sedative before surgery.

Secobarbital may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.