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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Infertility
Oral metronidazole
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

2. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Imatinib
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

3. Cryptococcus neoformans
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin

4. Hyperaldosteronism
High - dose steroids
Spironolactone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

5. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Sumatriptan
Oral KI
Tamsulosin - finasteride
SSRIs

6. Chlamydia trachomatis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamoxifen
Indomethacin

7. Bipolar disorder
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
All - trans retinoic acid
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

9. Alcohol abuse
Penicillin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

10. UTI prophylaxis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Smoking cessation
TMP- SMX

11. Tonic - clonic seizures
Aromatase inhibitor
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Tamoxifen
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

12. Chronic hepatitis
Folate
IFN- a
D2 receptor antagonists
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

13. Hemorrhagic cystitis
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)
Ethosuximide
Bosentan

14. Treponema pallidum
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone

15. MRSA
Methicillin/naficillin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin
High - dose steroids

16. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
NSAIDs - colchicine
Tamoxifen

17. Multiple sclerosis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Buspirone
Fibrate
Beta- interferon

18. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Penicillin prophylaxis
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs

19. Ringworm infections
Tamoxifen
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
5- ASA - infliximab

20. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
TMP- SMX
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin prophylaxis

21. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Smoking cessation
Aromatase inhibitor
Vancomycin
Methicillin/naficillin

22. Stable angina
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Heparin

23. Carcinoid syndrome
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Trastuzumab
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Octreotide

24. Warfarin toxicity
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
D2 receptor antagonists

25. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Trastuzumab
SSRIs
Protamine sulfate
Sublingual nitroglycerin

26. Bulimia
SSRIs
Sildenafil
Vancomycin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

27. Pulmonary hypertension
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Bosentan
Beta- interferon

28. Cystic fibrosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
All - trans retinoic acid

29. Crohn's disease
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
D2 receptor antagonists
All - trans retinoic acid
Corticosteroids - infliximab

30. Osteomalacia/rickets
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Bosentan
Vitamin D supplementation

31. Anorexia
Spironolactone
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab

32. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

33. Hypercholesterolemia
Sumatriptan
Oral metronidazole
Protamine sulfate
Statin (first - line)

34. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

35. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fibrate

36. Cytomegalovirus
Folate
Ganciclovir
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine

37. Influenza
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Oral KI
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

38. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
SSRIs

39. Folate deficiency
IFN- a
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Folate

40. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
IFN- a
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin
Warfarin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

42. Prolactinoma
Sildenafil
Sumatriptan
Fibrate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

43. Streptococcus pyogenes
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin prophylaxis

44. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Beta- interferon
Oral metronidazole
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

45. Ulcerative colitis
Flutamide
5- ASA - infliximab
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Vitamin D supplementation

46. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

47. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

48. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Methicillin/naficillin
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Imatinib

49. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
D2 receptor antagonists

50. Enterococci
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ethosuximide