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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Sickle cell anemia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

2. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Indomethacin
Flutamide

3. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fibrate
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin prophylaxis

4. Absence seizures
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ethosuximide
Folate
Tamsulosin - finasteride

5. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor
D2 receptor antagonists
Ethosuximide

6. Osteomalacia/rickets
Protamine sulfate
Vitamin D supplementation
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Trastuzumab

7. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Erythromycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

8. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Beta- interferon
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
All - trans retinoic acid

9. Cytomegalovirus
Octreotide
Smoking cessation
Ganciclovir
Vitamin D supplementation

10. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Erythromycin
IFN- a
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

11. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Demeclocycline - lithium
Smoking cessation
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

12. Influenza
Imatinib
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Beta- interferon
Amantadine/rimantadine

13. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

14. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
IFN- a
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

15. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
B12
TMP- SMX
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

16. Staphylococcus aureus
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Methicillin/naficillin

17. Anxiety
Ganciclovir
Methicillin/naficillin
Buspirone
Amantadine/rimantadine

18. UTI prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines
Sublingual nitroglycerin
TMP- SMX
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Vitamin D supplementation

20. Acute gout attack
All - trans retinoic acid
Smoking cessation
Statin (first - line)
NSAIDs - colchicine

21. Toxoplasma gondii
Amantadine/rimantadine
SSRIs (first - line)
Buspirone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

22. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mifepristone
High - dose steroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

23. SIADH
IFN- a
D2 receptor antagonists
Antitoxin
Demeclocycline - lithium

24. Hypercholesterolemia
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs

25. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Heparin
Tamoxifen
Erythromycin

26. Chronic gout
Amantadine/rimantadine
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ganciclovir
Oral KI

27. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

28. Cystic fibrosis
Vitamin D supplementation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Smoking cessation
Beta- interferon

29. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Flutamide
Indomethacin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Alcohol abuse
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin prophylaxis

31. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Imatinib
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX

32. Sporothrix schenckii
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral KI
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Octreotide

33. Bipolar disorder
Ganciclovir
D2 receptor antagonists
Penicillin prophylaxis
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

34. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
IFN- a
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral KI

35. Clostridium botulinum
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antitoxin
Octreotide

36. Malaria
Flutamide
Dantrolene
All - trans retinoic acid
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

37. Buerger's disease
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

38. Malignant hyperthermia
B12
Fibrate
Dantrolene
NSAIDs - colchicine

39. Folate deficiency
Oral KI
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Folate

40. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Dantrolene

41. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Indomethacin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amantadine/rimantadine

42. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fibrate
NSAIDs - colchicine

43. MRSA
Vancomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

44. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
D2 receptor antagonists

45. Enterococci
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide

46. Long - term anticoagulation
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab
Warfarin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

47. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Statin (first - line)
Demeclocycline - lithium
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

48. Pheochromocytoma
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fluids - insulin - K+
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

49. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin
All - trans retinoic acid

50. B12 deficiency
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs
B12
Tamoxifen