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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

2. Chronic gout
Fibrate
Indomethacin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin prophylaxis

3. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Oral KI
Octreotide
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

4. Anxiety
All - trans retinoic acid
Buspirone
SSRIs
Vancomycin

5. Pheochromocytoma
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

6. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

7. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sildenafil
SSRIs

8. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
NSAIDs - colchicine
Heparin

9. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Statin (first - line)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

10. Folate deficiency
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Folate
Tamsulosin - finasteride

11. Clostridium tetani
Benzodiazepines
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin

12. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ganciclovir
SSRIs

13. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

14. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

15. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

16. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tamoxifen

17. Carcinoid syndrome
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Octreotide
Oral metronidazole

18. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs

19. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

20. Absence seizures
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ethosuximide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

21. Anorexia
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor

22. Sickle cell anemia
Vitamin D supplementation
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

23. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ethosuximide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Vancomycin

24. Staphylococcus aureus
Warfarin
Sumatriptan
Methicillin/naficillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

25. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Ganciclovir
Aromatase inhibitor
Spironolactone

26. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Warfarin
Oral KI
Aromatase inhibitor

27. Candida albicans
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Flutamide

28. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral KI
Tamoxifen
Corticosteroids - infliximab

29. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
IFN- a
Penicillin prophylaxis
D2 receptor antagonists

30. Medical abortion
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
SSRIs (first - line)
Mifepristone

31. Tonic - clonic seizures
Flutamide
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sildenafil
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

32. Warfarin toxicity
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vitamin D supplementation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

33. Ringworm infections
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

34. MRSA
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin
Tamoxifen
Tamsulosin - finasteride

35. Depression
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Heparin
SSRIs (first - line)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

36. Wegener's granulomatosis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Aromatase inhibitor
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
High - dose steroids

37. Immediate anticoagulation
Statin (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Heparin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

38. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
D2 receptor antagonists
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

39. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Tamoxifen
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

40. Diabetes mellitus type 2
SSRIs
Bosentan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral KI

41. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vancomycin
Folate
Antitoxin

42. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Erythromycin

43. Alcohol abuse
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
High - dose steroids

44. SIADH
Amantadine/rimantadine
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
High - dose steroids
Demeclocycline - lithium

45. Influenza
Smoking cessation
Amantadine/rimantadine
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)

46. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Oral KI
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

47. Hyperaldosteronism
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin

48. Chronic hepatitis
Antitoxin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
IFN- a
B12

49. Cystic fibrosis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Flutamide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Amantadine/rimantadine

50. B12 deficiency
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
B12
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium