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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Long - term anticoagulation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
B12
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin

2. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Benzodiazepines
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

3. Enterococci
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Warfarin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

4. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Sumatriptan
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
All - trans retinoic acid

5. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin

6. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Ethosuximide

7. Clostridium botulinum
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

8. Cytomegalovirus
D2 receptor antagonists
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
High - dose steroids
Ganciclovir

9. Cryptococcus neoformans
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

10. Buerger's disease
Erythromycin
Smoking cessation
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

11. Rickettsia rickettsii
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

12. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Warfarin

13. Chronic gout
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

14. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Statin (first - line)
Imatinib

15. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Ethosuximide
Protamine sulfate
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

17. Ringworm infections
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin
Trastuzumab
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

18. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Mifepristone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Medical abortion
NSAIDs - colchicine
Mifepristone
Imatinib
Vitamin D supplementation

20. Anorexia
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- ASA - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
SSRIs

21. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Aromatase inhibitor
B12
Oral KI

22. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Tamoxifen
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
IFN- a

23. Streptococcus pyogenes
Tamsulosin - finasteride
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis

24. Neural tube defect prevention
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium

25. Absence seizures
Ganciclovir
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Ethosuximide
SSRIs

26. MRSA
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs
TMP- SMX
Vancomycin

27. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Penicillin prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Tamoxifen

28. Malignant hyperthermia
Antitoxin
Dantrolene
SSRIs (first - line)
Sumatriptan

29. Temporal arteritis
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
High - dose steroids
Bosentan

30. Chronic hepatitis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
IFN- a
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis

31. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

32. Folate deficiency
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

33. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Dantrolene
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Aromatase inhibitor
Spironolactone

34. Depression
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis

35. Trichomonas vaginalis
Aromatase inhibitor
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Fibrate

36. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
NSAIDs - colchicine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
B12

37. Hypercholesterolemia
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Erythromycin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Statin (first - line)

38. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sildenafil
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin

39. Carcinoid syndrome
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Octreotide
5- ASA - infliximab

40. Wegener's granulomatosis
Spironolactone
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

41. Treponema pallidum
Buspirone
Penicillin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

42. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

43. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Trastuzumab
Corticosteroids - infliximab
IFN- a

44. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Oral metronidazole
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate

45. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Imatinib

46. Influenza
IFN- a
Amantadine/rimantadine
D2 receptor antagonists
Dantrolene

47. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Vancomycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

48. Immediate anticoagulation
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Heparin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

49. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Octreotide
5- ASA - infliximab
Protamine sulfate

50. Ulcerative colitis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
5- ASA - infliximab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Oral KI