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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

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1. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Protamine sulfate
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

2. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Flutamide
Fluids - insulin - K+
Imatinib

4. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Benzodiazepines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

5. MRSA
Heparin
Vancomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium
SSRIs

6. Diabetes mellitus type 2
D2 receptor antagonists
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- ASA - infliximab
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

7. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Demeclocycline - lithium

8. SIADH
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin prophylaxis

9. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
TMP- SMX
NSAIDs - colchicine
Indomethacin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

10. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Amantadine/rimantadine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

11. Neisseria meningitidis
Heparin
Fibrate
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

12. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Oral metronidazole
Ethosuximide
B12
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

13. Hyperaldosteronism
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Imatinib
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Spironolactone

14. Warfarin toxicity
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
SSRIs (first - line)
Vitamin D supplementation

15. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Beta- interferon
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin

17. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Warfarin
Oral KI

18. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
IFN- a
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Benzodiazepines

20. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral metronidazole

21. ADHD
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
All - trans retinoic acid
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
D2 receptor antagonists

22. Long - term anticoagulation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Warfarin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Penicillin
Methicillin/naficillin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

24. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Demeclocycline - lithium

25. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Methicillin/naficillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Trastuzumab

26. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Statin (first - line)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Erythromycin

27. Pheochromocytoma
Dantrolene
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

28. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Folate
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Statin (first - line)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

29. Malignant hyperthermia
Oral KI
Dantrolene
Aromatase inhibitor
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

30. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Flutamide
Buspirone

31. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fibrate
Penicillin prophylaxis

32. Chlamydia trachomatis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Trastuzumab
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

33. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Beta- interferon
Bosentan
Imatinib

34. Temporal arteritis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
High - dose steroids
Vancomycin

35. Pulmonary hypertension
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bosentan
Tamoxifen
Sildenafil

36. Ulcerative colitis
Erythromycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
5- ASA - infliximab
IFN- a

37. Prostate carcinoma
High - dose steroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Flutamide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

38. Malaria
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Smoking cessation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

39. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Erythromycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin

40. Clostridium botulinum
TMP- SMX
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
Ganciclovir

41. Streptococcus pyogenes
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Octreotide
Sumatriptan
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
D2 receptor antagonists
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Indomethacin

43. Streptococcus bovis
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin prophylaxis

44. Bulimia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

45. Patent ductus arteriosus
Smoking cessation
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
SSRIs

46. Stable angina
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sildenafil
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Oral metronidazole

47. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Vancomycin
D2 receptor antagonists
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

48. Medical abortion
Flutamide
Spironolactone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mifepristone

49. Migraine
All - trans retinoic acid
Sumatriptan
NSAIDs - colchicine
B12

50. Folate deficiency
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family