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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Ulcerative colitis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Statin (first - line)
5- ASA - infliximab

2. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Imatinib

3. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin
Folate
Trastuzumab

4. Prostate carcinoma
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan
Antitoxin
Flutamide

5. Clostridium difficile
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fibrate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Oral metronidazole

6. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate

7. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vancomycin
Buspirone

8. Streptococcus bovis
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Folate

9. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Aromatase inhibitor

10. Chlamydia trachomatis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Flutamide
Protamine sulfate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

11. Enterococci
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs (first - line)
IFN- a

12. Anxiety
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Buspirone
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

13. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs

14. Neural tube defect prevention
All - trans retinoic acid
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Mifepristone

15. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Buspirone
Spironolactone
IFN- a

17. Buerger's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
All - trans retinoic acid
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation

18. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Erythromycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

19. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Benzodiazepines
Indomethacin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

20. Toxoplasma gondii
Sumatriptan
Ganciclovir
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

21. Hyperaldosteronism
Ethosuximide
Spironolactone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

22. Stable angina
Vitamin D supplementation
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

23. Diabetic ketoacidosis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+

24. Rickettsia rickettsii
Beta- interferon
Smoking cessation
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin

25. Crohn's disease
Warfarin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
All - trans retinoic acid
Corticosteroids - infliximab

26. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs
Fluids - insulin - K+
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

27. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Fibrate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
High - dose steroids
Mifepristone

28. Prolactinoma
Smoking cessation
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Bosentan

29. Cryptococcus neoformans
Penicillin prophylaxis
Buspirone
Penicillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

30. Patent ductus arteriosus
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bosentan
Indomethacin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

31. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

32. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Buspirone
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

33. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
High - dose steroids

34. Staphylococcus aureus
Antitoxin
Penicillin
Methicillin/naficillin
B12

35. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
SSRIs
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fibrate

36. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

37. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

38. Ringworm infections
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Smoking cessation
High - dose steroids
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

39. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Mifepristone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Imatinib

40. Chronic gout
Folate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

41. Streptococcus pneumoniae
D2 receptor antagonists
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

42. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen
All - trans retinoic acid

43. Bipolar disorder
Warfarin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Demeclocycline - lithium
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

44. Osteomalacia/rickets
Methicillin/naficillin
Sildenafil
Vitamin D supplementation
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

45. Anorexia
SSRIs
Tamoxifen
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

46. Cytomegalovirus
Bosentan
Ganciclovir
Benzodiazepines
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

47. Malaria
5- ASA - infliximab
Heparin
Folate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

48. Folate deficiency
Fluids - insulin - K+
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

49. Sporothrix schenckii
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral KI
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

50. Malignant hyperthermia
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Smoking cessation
High - dose steroids
Dantrolene