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Tuberculosis patient taking rifampicin for 2weeks now. Skin is getting dark and shiny. Is it normal ?
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The darkness of the skin could be from on the other medications and not rifampicin. As the details of the other medications is not available I cannot comment on the culprit medication. You can probably meet with the doctor and discuss about this issue. Hope this is helpful.
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