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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Tamoxifen
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

2. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

3. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

4. Alcohol abuse
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

5. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

6. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Aromatase inhibitor
IFN- a
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

7. MRSA
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin
Folate

8. Cytomegalovirus
Erythromycin
Oral KI
Penicillin
Ganciclovir

9. Absence seizures
TMP- SMX
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide
SSRIs (first - line)

10. Rickettsia rickettsii
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Statin (first - line)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

11. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Mifepristone
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

12. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fluids - insulin - K+

13. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Spironolactone
Vitamin D supplementation

14. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dantrolene
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sumatriptan

15. Prolactinoma
Octreotide
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sildenafil

16. Chronic hepatitis
Erythromycin
IFN- a
D2 receptor antagonists
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

17. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Flutamide
Sumatriptan

18. Cryptococcus neoformans
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Flutamide

19. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Heparin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin

20. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

21. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

22. Bulimia
SSRIs
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Methicillin/naficillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Hyperaldosteronism
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Spironolactone
Octreotide
Antitoxin

24. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fibrate
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

25. Infertility
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Smoking cessation

26. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Protamine sulfate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin

27. Anxiety
D2 receptor antagonists
Buspirone
Vitamin D supplementation
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

28. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Vancomycin
Trastuzumab
Dantrolene
Folate

29. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
IFN- a
High - dose steroids

30. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Octreotide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamsulosin - finasteride
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

31. ADHD
Vancomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Trastuzumab

32. Hypercholesterolemia
B12
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Statin (first - line)
Trastuzumab

33. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
Amantadine/rimantadine

34. Treponema pallidum
Ganciclovir
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin

35. Carcinoid syndrome
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs
Octreotide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

36. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vitamin D supplementation
Trastuzumab
Statin (first - line)

37. Sickle cell anemia
High - dose steroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

38. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

39. Multiple sclerosis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
Beta- interferon
Warfarin

40. Crohn's disease
Indomethacin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

41. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

42. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ganciclovir
5- ASA - infliximab
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

43. Chlamydia trachomatis
Trastuzumab
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

44. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
NSAIDs - colchicine
Imatinib
SSRIs

45. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral metronidazole
All - trans retinoic acid

46. Bipolar disorder
Tamsulosin - finasteride
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Flutamide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

47. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

48. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamoxifen
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

49. Cystic fibrosis
Imatinib
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Statin (first - line)
Warfarin

50. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Octreotide
Sildenafil
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)