Thioacetazone

Thioacetazone (INN, BAN), also known as amithiozone (USAN), is an oral antibiotic which is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.[1][2][3][4] It has fallen into almost complete disuse due to toxicity and the introduction of improved anti-tuberculosis drugs like isoniazid.[5] The drug has only weak activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is only useful in preventing resistance to more powerful drugs such as isoniazid and rifampicin. It is never used on its own to treat tuberculosis; it is used in a similar way to ethambutol.

Thioacetazone
Structural formula of thioacetazone
Space-filling model of thioacetazone
Clinical data
Trade namesConteben
Other namesThiacetazone; Thiocetazone; Thioparamizone; Benzothiozane; 4-Acetylaminobenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone; N-[4-[(Carbamothioylhydrazinylidene) methyl]phenyl]acetamide
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administration		Oral
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  • N-{4-[(Ethanethioamidoimino)methyl]phenyl}acetamide
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H12N4OS
Molar mass236.29 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C10H12N4OS/c1-7(15)13-9-4-2-8(3-5-9)6-12-14-10(11)16/h2-6H,1H3,(H,13,15)(H3,11,14,16)/b12-6+ checkY
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There is no advantage to using thioacetazone if the regimen used already contains ethambutol, but many countries in sub-Saharan Africa still use thioacetazone because it is extremely cheap. Use of thioacetazone is declining because it can cause severe (sometimes fatal) skin reactions in HIV positive patients.[6][7]

The biological target of thioacetazone has proven elusive and its mechanism of action remains unknown, although it is thought to interfere with mycolic acid synthesis.[4]

Adverse effects

One of the documented adverse effects of thioacetazone is the excessive accumulation of serum (or blood plasma) in the brain. Another is weakening of the thyroid glands. These were found in a treatment combining conteben with PAS acid p-amino-salicylic acid.[8]

See also

References
  1. John Buckingham (2 December 1993). Dictionary of Natural Products. CRC Press. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-0-412-46620-5.
  2. Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p. 217
  3. "List of Antituberculosis agents - Generics Only".
  4. M Lindsay Grayson; Suzanne M Crowe; James S McCarthy; John Mills, Johan W Mouton, S Ragnar Norrby, David L Paterson, Michael A Pfaller (29 October 2010). Kucers' The Use of Antibiotics Sixth Edition: A Clinical Review of Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs. CRC Press. pp. 1673–. ISBN 978-1-4441-4752-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Peter R. Donald; Paul D. Van Helden (2011). Antituberculosis Chemotherapy. Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-3-8055-9627-5.
  6. Rieder HL, Arnadottir T, Trebucq A, Enarson DA (2001). "Tuberculosis treatment: dangerous regimens?". Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 5 (1): 1–3. PMID 11263509.
  7. Nunn P, Porter J, Winstanley P (1993). "Thiacetazone—avoid like poison or use with care?". Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 87 (5): 578–82. doi:10.1016/0035-9203(93)90096-9. PMID 7505496.
  8. N. Bergqvist and De O. Mare (12 January 1952). "Hypothyroidism and Cerebral Edema Following Combined Treatment of Tuberculosis with Conteben (TB I 698) and p-Amino-Salicylic Acid". Acta Medica Scandinavica. 143 (5): 323–335. doi:10.1111/j.0954-6820.1952.tb14267.x. PMID 12976024. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
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