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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Buerger's disease
Warfarin
Spironolactone
Aromatase inhibitor
Smoking cessation

2. Diabetes mellitus type 1
5- ASA - infliximab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

3. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral metronidazole
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Vancomycin

4. Osteomalacia/rickets
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

5. Streptococcus pneumoniae
TMP- SMX
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

6. Bipolar disorder
Sildenafil
Demeclocycline - lithium
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

7. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Beta- interferon
Heparin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Demeclocycline - lithium

8. Anorexia
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

9. Cytomegalovirus
Methicillin/naficillin
IFN- a
Ganciclovir
Flutamide

10. Tonic - clonic seizures
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Statin (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

11. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Flutamide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

12. Anxiety
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
Buspirone

13. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mifepristone

14. Long - term anticoagulation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin
Oral metronidazole
Warfarin

15. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Octreotide
Vitamin D supplementation

16. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Tamoxifen
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Buspirone

17. Sickle cell anemia
Vitamin D supplementation
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sumatriptan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

18. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
All - trans retinoic acid
Trastuzumab
Imatinib
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Stable angina
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Spironolactone

20. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines

21. Immediate anticoagulation
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Fibrate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

22. Migraine
SSRIs (first - line)
B12
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

23. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bosentan

24. Influenza
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amantadine/rimantadine
High - dose steroids
D2 receptor antagonists

25. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sumatriptan
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Amantadine/rimantadine

26. Malignant hyperthermia
High - dose steroids
Dantrolene
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

27. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
SSRIs
D2 receptor antagonists

28. Malaria
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Aromatase inhibitor
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

29. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin prophylaxis
Buspirone
Heparin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

30. Wegener's granulomatosis
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

31. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ethosuximide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

32. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Beta- interferon
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Benzodiazepines

33. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Flutamide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
NSAIDs - colchicine

34. Staphylococcus aureus
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin
TMP- SMX
Flutamide

35. Prostate carcinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Flutamide
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis

36. Absence seizures
Mifepristone
Indomethacin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide

37. Carcinoid syndrome
Bosentan
Octreotide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Trastuzumab

38. Hyperaldosteronism
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

39. Toxoplasma gondii
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Oral metronidazole
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

40. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bosentan
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fluids - insulin - K+

41. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX
Ganciclovir

42. Streptococcus bovis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

43. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Benzodiazepines
Buspirone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral KI

44. ADHD
SSRIs
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Trastuzumab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

45. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluids - insulin - K+
Bosentan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dantrolene

46. SIADH
Flutamide
High - dose steroids
Demeclocycline - lithium
Dantrolene

47. Rickettsia rickettsii
TMP- SMX
Penicillin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sildenafil

48. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Aromatase inhibitor

49. Chronic hepatitis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
IFN- a
Mifepristone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

50. Cystic fibrosis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
All - trans retinoic acid
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Corticosteroids - infliximab