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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Cryptococcus neoformans
Ganciclovir
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs (first - line)

2. Alcohol withdrawal
IFN- a
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone

3. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

4. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluids - insulin - K+

5. Treponema pallidum
Folate
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin
IFN- a

6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ethosuximide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

7. Warfarin toxicity
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

8. Clostridium botulinum
Amantadine/rimantadine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Antitoxin

9. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Oral metronidazole
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Flutamide

10. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Indomethacin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

11. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vancomycin
Protamine sulfate
High - dose steroids

12. SIADH
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone
Vitamin D supplementation
Demeclocycline - lithium

13. Neural tube defect prevention
Warfarin
Oral KI
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation

14. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

15. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Indomethacin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

16. Streptococcus pyogenes
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ethosuximide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin prophylaxis

17. Prolactinoma
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

18. Crohn's disease
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Vancomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab

19. Hypertriglyceridemia
B12
Fibrate
High - dose steroids
Sumatriptan

20. MRSA
Heparin
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

21. Stable angina
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

22. Medical abortion
Octreotide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mifepristone

23. Tonic - clonic seizures
Dantrolene
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sumatriptan
Flutamide

24. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
NSAIDs - colchicine

25. Cystic fibrosis
Flutamide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antitoxin

26. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bosentan

27. Neisseria meningitidis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid

28. Malaria
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan

29. Anorexia
Dantrolene
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
High - dose steroids
SSRIs

30. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Buspirone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mifepristone

31. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Vitamin D supplementation
Mifepristone
Antitoxin
All - trans retinoic acid

32. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

33. Pulmonary hypertension
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bosentan
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

34. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
High - dose steroids
Mifepristone

35. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
All - trans retinoic acid
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Trastuzumab

36. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluids - insulin - K+

37. Staphylococcus aureus
Ganciclovir
Methicillin/naficillin
Buspirone
Sublingual nitroglycerin

38. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin prophylaxis

39. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Mifepristone
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs

40. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Spironolactone

41. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Folate
Imatinib
Fibrate
B12

42. Legionella pneumophila
Aromatase inhibitor
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Trastuzumab
Erythromycin

43. Erectile dysfunction
Flutamide
Heparin
All - trans retinoic acid
Sildenafil

44. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

45. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Indomethacin
Aromatase inhibitor
Tamoxifen
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

46. Influenza
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

47. Diabetes mellitus type 1
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Aromatase inhibitor
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

48. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin prophylaxis

49. Alcohol abuse
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Protamine sulfate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

50. Sickle cell anemia
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
All - trans retinoic acid
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin prophylaxis