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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Neural tube defect prevention
Ethosuximide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate

2. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

3. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Statin (first - line)
Flutamide
NSAIDs - colchicine

4. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Methicillin/naficillin
High - dose steroids
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

5. Hypertriglyceridemia
Erythromycin
Dantrolene
Fibrate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

6. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone

7. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Bosentan

8. Streptococcus pyogenes
Trastuzumab
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin prophylaxis

9. Anorexia
Fibrate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
SSRIs

10. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fibrate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

11. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Folate
Oral KI
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

12. Clostridium tetani
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mifepristone
Trastuzumab

13. Diabetes insipidus
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Tamoxifen
Buspirone

14. Anxiety
Heparin
Buspirone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

15. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Trastuzumab
Heparin
Indomethacin

16. Trichomonas vaginalis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs

17. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin
D2 receptor antagonists
Demeclocycline - lithium

18. SIADH
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Demeclocycline - lithium
Sumatriptan
Smoking cessation

19. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin

20. Chlamydia trachomatis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mifepristone
Methicillin/naficillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

21. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

22. Influenza
Ethosuximide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

23. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

24. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Imatinib
Methicillin/naficillin
Vitamin D supplementation

25. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

26. Wegener's granulomatosis
Buspirone
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen
High - dose steroids

27. Depression
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
SSRIs (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Benzodiazepines

28. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
All - trans retinoic acid

29. Stable angina
Benzodiazepines
NSAIDs - colchicine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

30. Sporothrix schenckii
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
D2 receptor antagonists
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

31. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Bosentan
Protamine sulfate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

32. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- ASA - infliximab

33. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

34. Alcohol abuse
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Flutamide

35. Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide

36. Enterococci
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

37. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Bosentan
Fluids - insulin - K+
Oral KI
Flutamide

38. Patent ductus arteriosus
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Mifepristone
Indomethacin

39. Alcohol withdrawal
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Benzodiazepines

40. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fibrate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

41. Candida albicans
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ganciclovir
Smoking cessation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

42. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Benzodiazepines
Imatinib

43. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Protamine sulfate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Octreotide
Ethosuximide

44. Crohn's disease
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin
Oral metronidazole
Corticosteroids - infliximab

45. Infertility
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Beta- interferon
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Octreotide

46. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Oral KI
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

47. Osteomalacia/rickets
Trastuzumab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation

48. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Protamine sulfate
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sumatriptan
Trastuzumab

49. Streptococcus pneumoniae
SSRIs
Heparin
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

50. Bulimia
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)