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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Spironolactone
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

2. Pulmonary hypertension
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Bosentan
Mifepristone
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Benzodiazepines
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Imatinib

4. Treponema pallidum
Folate
SSRIs
Penicillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

5. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Oral KI
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluids - insulin - K+

6. Clostridium tetani
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Smoking cessation

7. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Trastuzumab
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Infertility
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

9. Enterococci
Bosentan
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

10. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
All - trans retinoic acid
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Benzodiazepines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

12. Chlamydia trachomatis
Dantrolene
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

13. Erectile dysfunction
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sildenafil
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin

14. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
NSAIDs - colchicine

15. Buerger's disease
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Smoking cessation

16. Ringworm infections
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Smoking cessation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

17. Chronic gout
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

18. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

19. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sumatriptan

20. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Methicillin/naficillin
D2 receptor antagonists
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

21. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

22. Prolactinoma
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
SSRIs
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs (first - line)
NSAIDs - colchicine

24. Alcohol withdrawal
5- ASA - infliximab
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Benzodiazepines

25. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

26. Patent ductus arteriosus
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Indomethacin
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. Toxoplasma gondii
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

28. Crohn's disease
Imatinib
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Indomethacin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

29. Temporal arteritis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Heparin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
High - dose steroids

30. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
D2 receptor antagonists

31. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Mifepristone
Buspirone
Fibrate

32. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
5- ASA - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Trastuzumab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

33. B12 deficiency
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
B12

34. Malaria
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
Heparin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

35. Absence seizures
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Heparin
Ethosuximide

36. Neural tube defect prevention
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
Folate
Statin (first - line)

37. Depression
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Methicillin/naficillin

38. Immediate anticoagulation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin prophylaxis

39. Cytomegalovirus
Dantrolene
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Statin (first - line)

40. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Oral metronidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
All - trans retinoic acid

41. ADHD
SSRIs
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Anorexia
SSRIs
Protamine sulfate
Smoking cessation
All - trans retinoic acid

43. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
SSRIs
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Methicillin/naficillin

44. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Smoking cessation
Benzodiazepines

45. Cryptococcus neoformans
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Heparin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Medical abortion
Protamine sulfate
Beta- interferon
Sildenafil
Mifepristone

47. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

48. MRSA
Vancomycin
Warfarin
Buspirone
Folate

49. Prostate carcinoma
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide

50. Cystic fibrosis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Oral KI
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
B12