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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fibrate

2. Malaria
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

3. Absence seizures
D2 receptor antagonists
Ethosuximide
Trastuzumab
Tamoxifen

4. Buerger's disease
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Ethosuximide

5. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Mifepristone
Sildenafil
Fibrate
Trastuzumab

6. Anxiety
Methicillin/naficillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
All - trans retinoic acid
Buspirone

7. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
IFN- a
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Spironolactone

8. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin
Vitamin D supplementation
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone

9. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ethosuximide
Methicillin/naficillin

10. Wegener's granulomatosis
Fibrate
SSRIs (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

11. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Warfarin
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin

12. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fluids - insulin - K+

13. Cystic fibrosis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Trastuzumab

14. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tamoxifen
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

15. Chronic gout
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Buspirone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Oral KI

16. Hypercholesterolemia
Smoking cessation
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)
Flutamide

17. Ringworm infections
Spironolactone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

18. Multiple sclerosis
Erythromycin
Beta- interferon
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Oral metronidazole

19. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Flutamide
Erythromycin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

20. Alcohol abuse
Heparin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
SSRIs (first - line)

21. Patent ductus arteriosus
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Indomethacin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin

22. Legionella pneumophila
D2 receptor antagonists
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin
Erythromycin

23. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Aromatase inhibitor
All - trans retinoic acid
Statin (first - line)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

24. Neisseria meningitidis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
B12
Ganciclovir
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

25. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin
Buspirone
Tamsulosin - finasteride

26. Anorexia
SSRIs
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

27. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Bosentan
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

28. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Smoking cessation
D2 receptor antagonists

29. Candida albicans
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vancomycin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

30. Warfarin toxicity
Bosentan
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

31. MRSA
Tamoxifen
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

32. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Erythromycin
Folate
Bosentan
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

34. Ulcerative colitis
Bosentan
5- ASA - infliximab
Indomethacin
Flutamide

35. Clostridium difficile
Folate
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

36. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
IFN- a

37. Sporothrix schenckii
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ganciclovir
Oral KI

38. SIADH
Dantrolene
Penicillin prophylaxis
Demeclocycline - lithium
Heparin

39. Erectile dysfunction
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

40. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Octreotide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
D2 receptor antagonists

41. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Protamine sulfate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

42. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Vancomycin
Ethosuximide
Trastuzumab
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

43. Staphylococcus aureus
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin
5- ASA - infliximab

44. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Fibrate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

45. Hypertriglyceridemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)
Fibrate

46. UTI prophylaxis
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs

47. Migraine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sumatriptan
Oral KI

48. Temporal arteritis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
SSRIs
Erythromycin
High - dose steroids

49. Bulimia
Heparin
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
TMP- SMX

50. Cytomegalovirus
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ganciclovir
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)