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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Octreotide
Flutamide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

2. Prostate carcinoma
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI
Flutamide

3. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Tamoxifen

4. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

5. Acute gout attack
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Aromatase inhibitor

6. Bulimia
Heparin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
SSRIs

7. Cryptococcus neoformans
Mifepristone
Ganciclovir
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

8. Hypertriglyceridemia
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Heparin
SSRIs
Fibrate

9. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

10. Chlamydia trachomatis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

11. Clostridium difficile
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

12. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
TMP- SMX
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antitoxin

13. Clostridium tetani
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

14. Diabetes mellitus type 1
NSAIDs - colchicine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

15. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Buspirone
Indomethacin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

16. Staphylococcus aureus
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists
Methicillin/naficillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

17. Toxoplasma gondii
Benzodiazepines
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Warfarin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

18. Immediate anticoagulation
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Protamine sulfate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

19. Enterococci
Heparin
Buspirone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib

20. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Octreotide
TMP- SMX
Flutamide

21. Osteomalacia/rickets
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sumatriptan
Spironolactone
Vitamin D supplementation

22. Absence seizures
B12
Ethosuximide
Warfarin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

23. Folate deficiency
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Trastuzumab

24. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Flutamide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Indomethacin

25. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Statin (first - line)
Mifepristone

26. Trichomonas vaginalis
Antitoxin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

27. Chronic gout
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

28. Depression
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

29. Chronic hepatitis
TMP- SMX
Indomethacin
IFN- a
Antitoxin

30. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Antitoxin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

31. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tamoxifen
B12
NSAIDs - colchicine

32. Rickettsia rickettsii
Smoking cessation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tamoxifen
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

33. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Beta- interferon

34. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Warfarin
Fibrate
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin

35. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
Spironolactone
All - trans retinoic acid

36. Long - term anticoagulation
Buspirone
Bosentan
Warfarin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

37. SIADH
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines
All - trans retinoic acid
Demeclocycline - lithium

38. Alcohol withdrawal
SSRIs (first - line)
Benzodiazepines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Smoking cessation

39. Temporal arteritis
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
High - dose steroids
Flutamide

40. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
D2 receptor antagonists
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

41. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

42. Ulcerative colitis
IFN- a
Vitamin D supplementation
5- ASA - infliximab
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

43. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Heparin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vitamin D supplementation

44. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Antitoxin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

45. Malaria
Bosentan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

46. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

47. UTI prophylaxis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Flutamide

48. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral KI
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

49. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fibrate
Bosentan
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

50. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
5- ASA - infliximab