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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Mifepristone
Imatinib
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
High - dose steroids

2. Enterococci
Penicillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Aromatase inhibitor
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

3. Prostate carcinoma
5- ASA - infliximab
Flutamide
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

4. Neural tube defect prevention
NSAIDs - colchicine
Warfarin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate

5. Folate deficiency
Folate
Bosentan
Antitoxin
Fluids - insulin - K+

6. Anorexia
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
SSRIs

7. Temporal arteritis
Smoking cessation
Ethosuximide
High - dose steroids
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

8. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
TMP- SMX
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Corticosteroids - infliximab

9. Sickle cell anemia
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ganciclovir
Flutamide
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

10. Wegener's granulomatosis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin

11. Prolactinoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fibrate

12. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Fibrate
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Protamine sulfate

13. Rickettsia rickettsii
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

14. Hyperaldosteronism
Erythromycin
Antitoxin
Spironolactone
Smoking cessation

15. Osteomalacia/rickets
Aromatase inhibitor
NSAIDs - colchicine
Imatinib
Vitamin D supplementation

16. UTI prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium
TMP- SMX
Sublingual nitroglycerin

17. Diabetes insipidus
Benzodiazepines
Dantrolene
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin

18. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Bosentan
Trastuzumab
Penicillin

19. Legionella pneumophila
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Erythromycin
High - dose steroids

20. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fibrate
SSRIs
Dantrolene

21. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Indomethacin
Penicillin prophylaxis

22. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
All - trans retinoic acid

23. Cystic fibrosis
TMP- SMX
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Statin (first - line)

24. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
B12

25. Stable angina
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tamoxifen
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Erythromycin

26. Erectile dysfunction
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
IFN- a
Sildenafil
Vitamin D supplementation

27. Neisseria meningitidis
Oral KI
TMP- SMX
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

28. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
B12
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Benzodiazepines

29. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Imatinib
Heparin
Tamoxifen

30. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

31. Influenza
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin

32. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Bosentan

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

34. Acute gout attack
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Warfarin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

35. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Heparin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

36. Immediate anticoagulation
Dantrolene
Buspirone
Ethosuximide
Heparin

37. Anxiety
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin
Aromatase inhibitor
Buspirone

38. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Imatinib
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

39. Buerger's disease
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX

40. Chronic gout
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
SSRIs (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

41. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
SSRIs

42. Trichomonas vaginalis
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

43. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Benzodiazepines
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Imatinib

44. B12 deficiency
Bosentan
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
B12

45. Candida albicans
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Absence seizures
Octreotide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Aromatase inhibitor
Ethosuximide

47. ADHD
Fibrate
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ganciclovir
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Ringworm infections
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Octreotide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Mifepristone

49. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Benzodiazepines
All - trans retinoic acid
Trastuzumab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

50. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Mifepristone
Vancomycin