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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Erectile dysfunction
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sildenafil
Octreotide

2. Acute gout attack
Vancomycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
NSAIDs - colchicine

3. Folate deficiency
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- ASA - infliximab
Folate
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

4. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

5. Absence seizures
Fibrate
Ethosuximide
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
High - dose steroids

6. B12 deficiency
B12
Sildenafil
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Vitamin D supplementation

7. Cryptococcus neoformans
High - dose steroids
Indomethacin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

8. Legionella pneumophila
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
Mifepristone
Tamoxifen

9. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
B12
Spironolactone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

10. Diabetes insipidus
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

11. Anorexia
Heparin
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

12. Sporothrix schenckii
Tamsulosin - finasteride
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Oral KI
High - dose steroids

13. Cystic fibrosis
Mifepristone
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluids - insulin - K+
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

14. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral metronidazole
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide

15. Enterococci
Erythromycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Statin (first - line)

16. Wegener's granulomatosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Heparin
Sumatriptan

17. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Folate

18. Alcohol withdrawal
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin
Benzodiazepines

19. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

20. Trichomonas vaginalis
Octreotide
Ganciclovir
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
NSAIDs - colchicine

21. Prolactinoma
Mifepristone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Oral KI

22. Anxiety
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Buspirone
TMP- SMX
Ganciclovir

23. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tamoxifen
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Folate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

24. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Oral metronidazole
IFN- a
D2 receptor antagonists

25. Toxoplasma gondii
SSRIs (first - line)
Sildenafil
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Demeclocycline - lithium

26. Ulcerative colitis
Antitoxin
Ethosuximide
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide

27. Sickle cell anemia
Erythromycin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

28. Pulmonary hypertension
B12
Bosentan
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- ASA - infliximab

29. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
IFN- a
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

30. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Ganciclovir
Protamine sulfate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX

31. Depression
Statin (first - line)
Sildenafil
SSRIs (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

32. Buerger's disease
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Smoking cessation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

33. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
B12
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

34. Candida albicans
Buspirone
Octreotide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

35. Hemorrhagic cystitis
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)
Mifepristone
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

36. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

37. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Aromatase inhibitor
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

38. Chronic hepatitis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs (first - line)
IFN- a

39. Bulimia
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs
Octreotide
Vitamin D supplementation

40. Osteomalacia/rickets
Dantrolene
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab
Vitamin D supplementation

41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Buspirone
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

42. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Octreotide
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

43. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

44. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Mifepristone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

45. Rickettsia rickettsii
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

46. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX
Trastuzumab
Mifepristone

47. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Vitamin D supplementation
High - dose steroids
Fibrate

48. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
D2 receptor antagonists
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ethosuximide
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

49. Cytomegalovirus
Aromatase inhibitor
Ganciclovir
Flutamide
Vitamin D supplementation

50. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Benzodiazepines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)