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Thioacetazone(INN and BAN) is also called thiocetazone thiacetazone thiosemicarbazone benzothiozane or amithiozone(USAN); abbreviated T.Thioacetazone is used in the treatment of tuberculosis; it has only weak activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is only useful in preventing resistance to more powerful drugs like isoniazid and rifampicin. It is never used on its own to treat tuberculosis; it is used in a similar way to ethambutol.
