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What are the most common medications currently being used to treat NTM, and the side effects associated with each one.
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There are a number of antibiotics, some of which have side effects with varying degrees of severity. A more comprehensive list of treatments and side effects can be found in the Insight brochure (on pages 16-18), which you can access and download from this link:
http://bronchiectasisandntminitiative.org/Portals/0/Files/Insight-NTM%20brochure%20ENGLISH.pdf?ver=2016-03-16-100822-430
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