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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Stable angina
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Oral metronidazole
D2 receptor antagonists
Sublingual nitroglycerin

2. Warfarin toxicity
Beta- interferon
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fibrate
Corticosteroids - infliximab

3. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

4. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

5. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Demeclocycline - lithium
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methicillin/naficillin

6. Hyperaldosteronism
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Spironolactone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

7. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mifepristone

8. Ulcerative colitis
Indomethacin
Octreotide
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- ASA - infliximab

9. Pulmonary hypertension
Vancomycin
B12
Bosentan
Smoking cessation

10. Candida albicans
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Flutamide
B12
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

11. MRSA
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

12. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
D2 receptor antagonists
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

13. Legionella pneumophila
Protamine sulfate
Erythromycin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

14. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ethosuximide
SSRIs
Vancomycin

15. Long - term anticoagulation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Beta- interferon
Warfarin

16. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ganciclovir
Beta- interferon

17. Prolactinoma
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
B12
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

18. Anorexia
Ethosuximide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
SSRIs

19. Hemorrhagic cystitis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

20. Sporothrix schenckii
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vitamin D supplementation
Beta- interferon
Oral KI

21. Absence seizures
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ethosuximide
Heparin

22. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin
Octreotide
Aromatase inhibitor

23. Acute gout attack
Ganciclovir
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis

24. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Oral metronidazole
Tamoxifen
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

25. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
B12
Smoking cessation
All - trans retinoic acid

26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Benzodiazepines
Ethosuximide

27. B12 deficiency
Smoking cessation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Buspirone
B12

28. Clostridium botulinum
SSRIs (first - line)
Antitoxin
Fibrate
Statin (first - line)

29. Immediate anticoagulation
SSRIs
Antitoxin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin

30. Migraine
Ethosuximide
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dantrolene

31. Pheochromocytoma
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Trastuzumab
Protamine sulfate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

32. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
D2 receptor antagonists
Trastuzumab

33. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Protamine sulfate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

34. Anxiety
Buspirone
SSRIs
Bosentan
Heparin

35. Infertility
Erythromycin
Protamine sulfate
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

36. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
B12
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

37. Ringworm infections
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin prophylaxis

38. Alcohol withdrawal
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
D2 receptor antagonists
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Benzodiazepines

39. Staphylococcus aureus
B12
Methicillin/naficillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Warfarin

40. Toxoplasma gondii
Amantadine/rimantadine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Mifepristone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

41. UTI prophylaxis
Imatinib
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
TMP- SMX
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

42. Prostate carcinoma
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
D2 receptor antagonists
Flutamide
Bosentan

43. Buerger's disease
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Smoking cessation
Heparin

44. Malaria
Trastuzumab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vitamin D supplementation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

45. Cryptococcus neoformans
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ganciclovir
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Enterococci
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

47. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- ASA - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

48. Streptococcus pyogenes
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

49. Multiple sclerosis
Warfarin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Beta- interferon
NSAIDs - colchicine

50. Medical abortion
Statin (first - line)
Mifepristone
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs (first - line)