[Verified Answer]: M.C., a 59-y-o homemaker, was diagnosed with t

M.C., a 59-y-o homemaker, was diagnosed with tuberculosis after a PPD+ and CXR. She is admitted to the hospital with respiratory isolation and is placed on INH, rifampin, streptomycin and ethambutol. M.C. asks you why she is taking multiple drugs. How will you answer her question? What needs to be assessed before these drugs are initiated? 2 weeks later she is discharged with prescriptions for INH and rifampin and told to begin taking pyridoxine (Vitamin B). What specific teaching must be done for the INH and rifampin? M.C. asks why she must take the Vitamin B6 instead of her usual multivitamin. How will you answer her?