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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chronic gout
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Methicillin/naficillin

2. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamoxifen
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

3. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

4. Migraine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan

5. Multiple sclerosis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Beta- interferon

6. Alcohol abuse
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mifepristone
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

7. Enterococci
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Mifepristone

8. Malignant hyperthermia
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Heparin
Dantrolene

9. Pheochromocytoma
Smoking cessation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

10. Carcinoid syndrome
Benzodiazepines
Octreotide
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

11. Diabetes insipidus
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

12. Crohn's disease
Ethosuximide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Heparin
Tamoxifen

13. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

14. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
TMP- SMX
Folate
Bosentan

15. Clostridium tetani
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Tonic - clonic seizures
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
TMP- SMX
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

17. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Octreotide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

18. Warfarin toxicity
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Beta- interferon
Bosentan

19. Immediate anticoagulation
Bosentan
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluids - insulin - K+

20. Clostridium difficile
Vancomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Oral metronidazole

21. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Beta- interferon
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil

22. Sickle cell anemia
Protamine sulfate
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
D2 receptor antagonists

23. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Spironolactone
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

24. MRSA
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Spironolactone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin

25. Chronic hepatitis
Oral metronidazole
IFN- a
Fibrate
Bosentan

26. Chlamydia trachomatis
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Protamine sulfate
IFN- a

27. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Oral metronidazole
Imatinib
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

28. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Heparin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

29. Bipolar disorder
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Vitamin D supplementation

30. Neisseria meningitidis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Buspirone
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

31. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Beta- interferon
Tamsulosin - finasteride
D2 receptor antagonists

32. Ulcerative colitis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Oral metronidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
5- ASA - infliximab

33. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Erythromycin
Buspirone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

34. Anxiety
Heparin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Buspirone
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

35. Rickettsia rickettsii
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
All - trans retinoic acid
B12

36. Absence seizures
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ethosuximide
5- ASA - infliximab

37. Bulimia
SSRIs
Ethosuximide
Indomethacin
NSAIDs - colchicine

38. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Folate
Protamine sulfate
Flutamide

39. Influenza
Vancomycin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin prophylaxis

40. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Folate
High - dose steroids
Protamine sulfate
Antitoxin

41. Streptococcus bovis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
All - trans retinoic acid
Buspirone
Penicillin prophylaxis

42. B12 deficiency
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin
B12
Fibrate

43. Candida albicans
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
High - dose steroids
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin

44. Hypercholesterolemia
Sumatriptan
Flutamide
Smoking cessation
Statin (first - line)

45. Treponema pallidum
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin

46. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
High - dose steroids
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamoxifen
D2 receptor antagonists

47. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
All - trans retinoic acid
Oral KI
SSRIs

48. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Oral KI
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

49. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

50. Acute gout attack
TMP- SMX
SSRIs (first - line)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)