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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

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1. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Imatinib
Benzodiazepines

2. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
SSRIs
Sildenafil
NSAIDs - colchicine
Aromatase inhibitor

3. Carcinoid syndrome
B12
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Octreotide

4. Stable angina
Antitoxin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Spironolactone
Octreotide

5. Absence seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ethosuximide
High - dose steroids

6. 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)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Oral metronidazole

7. Pheochromocytoma
Imatinib
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Mifepristone

8. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamoxifen
Bosentan
Vancomycin

9. Erectile dysfunction
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Sildenafil
Oral metronidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride

10. Acute gout attack
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis

11. Sickle cell anemia
NSAIDs - colchicine
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

12. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
D2 receptor antagonists
Warfarin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin

13. Toxoplasma gondii
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
NSAIDs - colchicine

14. Tonic - clonic seizures
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

15. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Heparin

16. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
IFN- a
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dantrolene

17. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Spironolactone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

18. Crohn's disease
IFN- a
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Indomethacin

19. Pneumocystis jiroveci
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ethosuximide
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

20. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

21. Treponema pallidum
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide

22. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
D2 receptor antagonists
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
All - trans retinoic acid

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Oral KI
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

24. Bipolar disorder
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Aromatase inhibitor
Erythromycin

25. UTI prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
Methicillin/naficillin
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX

26. Anorexia
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

27. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin
Octreotide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

28. Cystic fibrosis
Protamine sulfate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

29. Hyperaldosteronism
Trastuzumab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Spironolactone
Smoking cessation

30. Neural tube defect prevention
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Folate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Oral KI

31. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Sumatriptan
5- ASA - infliximab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

32. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Buspirone
Antitoxin
Heparin
Spironolactone

33. SIADH
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Smoking cessation
High - dose steroids
Demeclocycline - lithium

34. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

35. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Vitamin D supplementation

36. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Oral KI
B12
Bosentan

37. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
D2 receptor antagonists
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vitamin D supplementation
All - trans retinoic acid

38. Malignant hyperthermia
Warfarin
Dantrolene
Trastuzumab
Spironolactone

39. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Oral metronidazole
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Amantadine/rimantadine

40. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Indomethacin
Flutamide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

41. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Heparin

42. Enterococci
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
5- ASA - infliximab

43. Legionella pneumophila
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ethosuximide
Erythromycin

44. Sporothrix schenckii
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Buspirone
Oral KI
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

45. Hypercholesterolemia
Buspirone
Statin (first - line)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

46. MRSA
Ganciclovir
Oral KI
Spironolactone
Vancomycin

47. Folate deficiency
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Flutamide
Folate

48. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin
Mifepristone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

49. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
TMP- SMX

50. Bulimia
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs
Imatinib
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)