While the government is ambitious about eradicating TB by the year 2025 the ground reality is that the number of people suffering from primary multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) is on the rise. Initially, people would get a TB infection which would need an antibiotic treatment to be cured. The standard treatment for TB has always been to put patients on the first line of drugs or antibiotics to fight the bacterial invasion. The most common antibiotics prescribed are Isoniazid (INH), Rifampin (RIF), Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide and the treatment can span anywhere from six months to a year. Read to know why