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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Chronic hepatitis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Statin (first - line)
IFN- a
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

2. Osteomalacia/rickets
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vitamin D supplementation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

3. Carcinoid syndrome
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Octreotide
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Benzodiazepines

4. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
NSAIDs - colchicine
Octreotide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amantadine/rimantadine

5. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

6. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Spironolactone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Dantrolene

7. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Aromatase inhibitor
B12
Methicillin/naficillin

8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Aromatase inhibitor
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
B12

9. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fibrate

10. Pulmonary hypertension
Vancomycin
Antitoxin
IFN- a
Bosentan

11. Bulimia
Heparin
SSRIs
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide

12. Trichomonas vaginalis
Vitamin D supplementation
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Erythromycin
Heparin

13. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Vancomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Dantrolene

14. Chronic gout
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Octreotide

15. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

16. Sporothrix schenckii
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine

17. Medical abortion
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Amantadine/rimantadine
Mifepristone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

18. Hyperaldosteronism
Tamsulosin - finasteride
IFN- a
Smoking cessation
Spironolactone

19. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
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
Warfarin

20. Absence seizures
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ethosuximide
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis

21. Pheochromocytoma
Oral KI
SSRIs
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

22. Diabetes insipidus
Methicillin/naficillin
Dantrolene
Antitoxin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

23. Ringworm infections
Erythromycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

24. Streptococcus bovis
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

25. Chlamydia trachomatis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs

26. Erectile dysfunction
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sildenafil
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Aromatase inhibitor

27. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Demeclocycline - lithium
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluids - insulin - K+
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

28. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Spironolactone

29. Candida albicans
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vancomycin

30. Anorexia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs
Imatinib

31. Ulcerative colitis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vitamin D supplementation
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- ASA - infliximab

32. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Warfarin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

33. Rickettsia rickettsii
Mifepristone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Oral metronidazole
Folate

34. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Beta- interferon
Penicillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

35. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

36. Immediate anticoagulation
Octreotide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin

37. Crohn's disease
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

38. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

39. Wegener's granulomatosis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Imatinib
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

40. Cystic fibrosis
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Imatinib
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ethosuximide

41. Staphylococcus aureus
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

42. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Buspirone
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor

43. Treponema pallidum
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Bosentan
Penicillin
Statin (first - line)

44. Buerger's disease
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Smoking cessation
Buspirone

45. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Statin (first - line)

46. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
All - trans retinoic acid
Vitamin D supplementation
Ethosuximide

47. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Octreotide
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

48. Cryptococcus neoformans
Benzodiazepines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sumatriptan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

49. Streptococcus pyogenes
NSAIDs - colchicine
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX

50. Cytomegalovirus
Dantrolene
Ganciclovir
Sildenafil
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)