TB DRUGS

5 TB Tips Memory Trick

5 NCLEX TIPS ALL are LIVER TOXIC!!!!

So some instructors just use the acronym:
1. Meds Last 6 - 12 months
2. N-95 mask worn all the time
3. Family tested for TB
4. Sputum samples every 2 - 4 Weeks
5. 3 Negative cultures on
3 different days = NO Longer infectious

RIFAMPIN INH #1 TESTED

RED-FAMPIN ISONIAZID TB DRUG

KEY Points: I - Interferes with absorbtion of B6

(pyridoxinde)
- Low Vitamin B6 = Peripheral Neuropathy
1. NORMAL
- Take Vitamin B6 25 - 50mg/day
- Red, Orange: Tears, Urine, Sweat
Teach:
N - Neuropathy
REPORT:
- Wear glasses instead of contacts due - New Numbness
- Tingling extremities
to discoloration of tears NCLEX TIP - Ataxia
2. Oral contraceptives ineffective
H - Hepatotoxicity
“Use non-hormonal REPORT Immediately!!!
- Jaundice (yellow) Skin / Sclera
Back-up birth control” - Dark urine NCLEX TIP
3. Monitor for Jaundice - Fatigue
- Elevated liver enzymes (AST/ALT)
HOLD the Med
- Teach: NO ETOH!!

ETHAMBUTOL - Eye

KEY POINT:
REPORT!

• Blurred vision
PYRAZINAMIDE

Did not come up once in 10,000 questions. • Color changes

it’s a nice to know but NOT A NEED TO KNOW
This information has come up in multiple sections!
TEACH to have baseline eye exams and
routine EYE appointments! For EEEEthambutol