Methaniazide/thioacetazone

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Methaniazide/thioacetazone, sold under the brand name Neothetazone, is an antibiotic combination of methaniazide (neotizide) and thioacetazone that is or was very commonly used in the treatment of tuberculosis.[1] It has been implicated as a cause of gigantomastia in a single 1970 case report,[2][3] and, along with D-penicilliamine, bucillamine, ciclosporin, and indinavir, is one of the only drugs to have been associated with gigantomastia.[2][3][4][5]

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