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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Folate deficiency
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Indomethacin
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate

2. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
SSRIs (first - line)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
IFN- a
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

3. Sporothrix schenckii
Warfarin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral KI

4. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin
D2 receptor antagonists
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

5. Cystic fibrosis
Vancomycin
Flutamide
Tamoxifen
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

6. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Indomethacin
Methicillin/naficillin
Mifepristone

7. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Warfarin
Trastuzumab
D2 receptor antagonists

8. Alcohol abuse
SSRIs
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vitamin D supplementation
NSAIDs - colchicine

9. Influenza
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Octreotide

10. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
5- ASA - infliximab

11. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Oral metronidazole
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fibrate

12. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

13. Wegener's granulomatosis
Statin (first - line)
Fibrate
Penicillin prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

14. Infertility
Folate
Indomethacin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
All - trans retinoic acid

15. Ringworm infections
Heparin
Sildenafil
Statin (first - line)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

16. Temporal arteritis
Folate
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
High - dose steroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

17. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mifepristone
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin

18. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

19. Pheochromocytoma
Vitamin D supplementation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

20. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Flutamide
Antitoxin

21. Chronic hepatitis
Oral metronidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride
IFN- a
Methicillin/naficillin

22. Hyperaldosteronism
Vitamin D supplementation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan

23. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Tamoxifen
High - dose steroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

24. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vitamin D supplementation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

25. Cytomegalovirus
Octreotide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ganciclovir

26. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Protamine sulfate
All - trans retinoic acid
D2 receptor antagonists

27. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Fibrate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

28. Multiple sclerosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Beta- interferon
Protamine sulfate

29. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Sildenafil
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

30. Cryptococcus neoformans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

31. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Penicillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

32. Hypertriglyceridemia
Heparin
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs
Fibrate

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Bosentan
Methicillin/naficillin
Folate

34. Prostate carcinoma
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Imatinib
TMP- SMX
Flutamide

35. Medical abortion
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

36. Treponema pallidum
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin

37. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

38. Streptococcus pyogenes
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Beta- interferon

39. MRSA
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin

40. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Sumatriptan
NSAIDs - colchicine
Folate
Protamine sulfate

41. Trichomonas vaginalis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Flutamide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

42. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Flutamide
Folate
Heparin

43. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fibrate
Heparin
Aromatase inhibitor

44. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Flutamide
Trastuzumab

45. Anxiety
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone

46. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs (first - line)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

47. Candida albicans
5- ASA - infliximab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin

48. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Folate
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
SSRIs (first - line)

49. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis

50. Enterococci
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Octreotide
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin