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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Absence seizures
Sildenafil
Mifepristone
Ethosuximide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

2. Buerger's disease
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
D2 receptor antagonists
Smoking cessation
Tamoxifen

3. Hypercholesterolemia
Erythromycin
B12
Folate
Statin (first - line)

4. Chronic gout
Sublingual nitroglycerin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

5. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Corticosteroids - infliximab

6. Ringworm infections
Octreotide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
Erythromycin

7. Malaria
SSRIs
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX

8. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Imatinib
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

9. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Oral metronidazole
Oral KI
Ethosuximide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

10. Patent ductus arteriosus
Sildenafil
Indomethacin
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

11. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Indomethacin
Oral metronidazole
Trastuzumab
Sublingual nitroglycerin

12. Hypertriglyceridemia
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Fibrate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

13. Chlamydia trachomatis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral metronidazole
Spironolactone

14. UTI prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
TMP- SMX
Spironolactone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

15. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Ethosuximide
Bosentan
Heparin

16. Pulmonary hypertension
Methicillin/naficillin
Bosentan
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamsulosin - finasteride

17. Folate deficiency
Folate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

18. Clostridium difficile
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

19. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
5- ASA - infliximab
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

20. B12 deficiency
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
B12
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

21. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Heparin
Heparin

22. Sickle cell anemia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sumatriptan
Bosentan

23. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Smoking cessation
Demeclocycline - lithium
Oral KI

24. Warfarin toxicity
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines

25. Tonic - clonic seizures
Flutamide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Beta- interferon

26. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ganciclovir
All - trans retinoic acid
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

27. Anorexia
Sildenafil
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

28. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

29. Staphylococcus aureus
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Methicillin/naficillin
Flutamide
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Toxoplasma gondii
Oral KI
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sumatriptan
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

31. Enterococci
Statin (first - line)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Fluids - insulin - K+

32. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
All - trans retinoic acid

33. Streptococcus pyogenes
High - dose steroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
NSAIDs - colchicine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

34. Rickettsia rickettsii
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

35. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
D2 receptor antagonists
Statin (first - line)

36. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Flutamide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vitamin D supplementation
Smoking cessation

37. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin

38. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin prophylaxis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen

39. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
TMP- SMX
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin prophylaxis

40. Neisseria meningitidis
Folate
Flutamide
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

41. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

42. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Vitamin D supplementation
Mifepristone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

43. Cryptococcus neoformans
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Erythromycin

44. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

45. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Spironolactone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

46. Depression
Oral metronidazole
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs (first - line)

47. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Vancomycin
Statin (first - line)

48. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
High - dose steroids
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Protamine sulfate

49. Anxiety
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Buspirone

50. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin
Vitamin D supplementation
Folate