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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

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1. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

2. Prostate carcinoma
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Flutamide

3. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
B12
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Methicillin/naficillin

4. Malaria
Fluids - insulin - K+
Trastuzumab
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

5. Clostridium botulinum
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fibrate
Antitoxin
Oral KI

6. Immediate anticoagulation
Sildenafil
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Heparin
Tamoxifen

7. Alcohol abuse
Oral metronidazole
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

8. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Protamine sulfate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Antitoxin

9. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Statin (first - line)

10. Multiple sclerosis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon

11. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Erythromycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Amantadine/rimantadine

12. Sickle cell anemia
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ganciclovir
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

13. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Bosentan
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

14. Sporothrix schenckii
High - dose steroids
Tamsulosin - finasteride
SSRIs
Oral KI

15. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Imatinib
Aromatase inhibitor
Dantrolene

16. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Heparin
Buspirone
Oral KI

17. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Folate

18. Hyperaldosteronism
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methicillin/naficillin
Spironolactone
IFN- a

19. Malignant hyperthermia
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

20. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Sildenafil
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Mifepristone

21. Folate deficiency
Oral KI
TMP- SMX
Folate
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

22. Diabetes insipidus
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

23. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Flutamide
Fibrate
Trastuzumab
SSRIs

24. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sumatriptan

25. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Heparin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

26. Osteomalacia/rickets
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Spironolactone
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vitamin D supplementation

27. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen

28. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
D2 receptor antagonists
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

29. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Aromatase inhibitor
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

30. Buerger's disease
Benzodiazepines
Smoking cessation
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Warfarin

31. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
Bosentan

32. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

33. Staphylococcus aureus
Oral metronidazole
Methicillin/naficillin
B12
Folate

34. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Demeclocycline - lithium
High - dose steroids
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

35. Hypertriglyceridemia
Sumatriptan
Fibrate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Buspirone

36. Alcohol withdrawal
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Octreotide
Benzodiazepines
Oral metronidazole

37. ADHD
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
5- ASA - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

38. Stable angina
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

39. Streptococcus bovis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab

40. Warfarin toxicity
Fluids - insulin - K+
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sildenafil
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

41. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Protamine sulfate

42. Neural tube defect prevention
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Sildenafil
Folate

43. Infertility
Vancomycin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

44. Cystic fibrosis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sumatriptan

45. Rickettsia rickettsii
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Methicillin/naficillin

46. Anorexia
SSRIs
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

47. Clostridium difficile
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral metronidazole
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

48. Absence seizures
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Ethosuximide
Indomethacin
Trastuzumab

49. Streptococcus pyogenes
D2 receptor antagonists
Erythromycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

50. Bipolar disorder
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Amantadine/rimantadine