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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Sildenafil

2. Neural tube defect prevention
Mifepristone
Sumatriptan
Folate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

3. Warfarin toxicity
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

4. Streptococcus pneumoniae
SSRIs
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

5. Absence seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ethosuximide
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

6. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Ethosuximide
Oral KI
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

7. Rickettsia rickettsii
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Statin (first - line)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
SSRIs (first - line)

8. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
SSRIs (first - line)
Ganciclovir
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

9. Clostridium tetani
Trastuzumab
Penicillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

10. Bipolar disorder
Ganciclovir
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

11. Malaria
Penicillin prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines
All - trans retinoic acid
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

12. Infertility
Dantrolene
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fibrate
Benzodiazepines

13. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs (first - line)
Bosentan

14. Sickle cell anemia
Ganciclovir
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Oral metronidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

15. Acute gout attack
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
NSAIDs - colchicine
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin

16. Immediate anticoagulation
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Heparin

17. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
All - trans retinoic acid
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

18. MRSA
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin
Dantrolene
Buspirone

19. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Octreotide
Flutamide

20. UTI prophylaxis
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
TMP- SMX
SSRIs (first - line)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

21. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Aromatase inhibitor
Corticosteroids - infliximab
IFN- a

22. Pulmonary hypertension
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Bosentan

23. Influenza
Indomethacin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Amantadine/rimantadine

24. Patent ductus arteriosus
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Indomethacin

25. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Heparin
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

26. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

27. Neisseria meningitidis
Fibrate
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

28. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

29. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
TMP- SMX
Beta- interferon
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

30. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX
Ethosuximide
Sildenafil

31. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Octreotide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Imatinib

32. Treponema pallidum
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

33. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
High - dose steroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

34. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin
Trastuzumab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

35. Bulimia
Heparin
Buspirone
SSRIs
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

36. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Octreotide
Benzodiazepines

37. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
5- ASA - infliximab
Tamoxifen

38. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Beta- interferon
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

39. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
High - dose steroids

40. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Ethosuximide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
IFN- a

41. Anorexia
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
SSRIs
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Spironolactone

42. Osteomalacia/rickets
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vitamin D supplementation
Ethosuximide

43. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Benzodiazepines
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Tamoxifen
Sildenafil

44. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)

45. Chlamydia trachomatis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
B12
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

46. Crohn's disease
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Amantadine/rimantadine

47. B12 deficiency
B12
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)
Trastuzumab

48. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Heparin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

49. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Protamine sulfate
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

50. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Ethosuximide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bosentan