Memorize tuberculosis drug family RIPES
By Phartoonz
Updated
How to remember drugs that are used to treat Tuberculosis:
R I P E S
Pharmaceutical mnemonics
R : Rifampicin
I : Isoniazide
P : Pyrazinamide
E : Ethambutol
S : Streptomycin.
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that targeting lungs , caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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