Pregnancy and TB Medication?

Hello, I am currently on medication for tuberculosis, and i dont know yet if i am pregnant, but i do have a feeling strange and i still didn't get my interval. So i was wondering what if i am pregnant will i know how to keep the infant and continue next to the medication? I am taking INH and Rifampin with Vitamin B6, does anyone know anything something like birth defects due to TB Medication. Please help out!
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The following is an excerpt of the FDA's information on Isoniazid:

A recent report suggests an increased risk of fatal hepatitis associated near isoniazid amoung women, particularly black and Hispanic women. The risk may also be increased during the post partum term. More careful monitoring should be considered in these groups, possibly including more frequent laboratory monitoring. If abnormality of liver function exceed three to five times the upper limit of mundane, discontinuation of isoniazid should be strongly considered. Liver function tests are not a substitute for a clinical evaluation at monthly intervals or for the prompt assessment of signs or symptoms of adverse reaction occurring between regularly scheduled evaluations. Patients should be instructed to fast report signs or symptoms consistent with liver devastate or other adverse effects. (replaces "report immediately any of the prodromal symptoms of hepatitis, such as"). These include any of the following: unexplained anorexia, nausea, vomiting, unlit urine, icterus, rash, demanding paresthesias of the hands and foot, persistent fatigue, spinelessness (", malaise" deleted) or fever of greater than 3 days duration and/or abdominal discomfort, especially right upper quadrant discomfort. If these symptoms appear or if signs suggestive of hepatic damage are detected, isoniazid should be discontinued promptly, since (replaces "sine") continued use of the drug in these cases have been reported to result in a more severe form of liver damage.

If you suspect you are pregnant, you should quickly notify the physician who has prescribed your TB meds that you suspect you may be pregnant. You should hold a blood pregnancy test to determine whether essentially you are or are not.

Your physician (and OB if you are) may or may not decide to alter your TB treatment, depending on the possible risks or complications of either continuing this drug regimen or altering or discontinuing it if you are pregnant. If unclear, obtain a second inference.

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