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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Statin (first - line)

2. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Mifepristone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Protamine sulfate
Fluids - insulin - K+

3. B12 deficiency
SSRIs
B12
Bosentan
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

4. Bulimia
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamoxifen
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs

5. Wegener's granulomatosis
Flutamide
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

6. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Imatinib
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Trastuzumab

7. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

8. Streptococcus bovis
Protamine sulfate
Benzodiazepines
Heparin
Penicillin prophylaxis

9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX
Imatinib

10. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bosentan
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

11. Cytomegalovirus
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral KI
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Ganciclovir

12. Enterococci
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil

13. UTI prophylaxis
Bosentan
Ganciclovir
TMP- SMX
Imatinib

14. Clostridium difficile
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Oral metronidazole
5- ASA - infliximab
Antitoxin

15. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
D2 receptor antagonists
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

16. Anxiety
Buspirone
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

17. Neisseria meningitidis
Antitoxin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ganciclovir
Heparin

18. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Demeclocycline - lithium
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Heparin

19. Prostate carcinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Trastuzumab
Flutamide
Ganciclovir

20. Chlamydia trachomatis
Statin (first - line)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Imatinib
Dantrolene

21. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Folate
D2 receptor antagonists
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

22. Temporal arteritis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
High - dose steroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

23. Malignant hyperthermia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dantrolene
Statin (first - line)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

24. ADHD
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

25. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs (first - line)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

26. Patent ductus arteriosus
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fibrate
Indomethacin

27. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Erythromycin
Trastuzumab

28. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Heparin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Buspirone

29. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
5- ASA - infliximab
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Oral KI
Amantadine/rimantadine

30. Diabetic ketoacidosis
5- ASA - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fluids - insulin - K+

31. Legionella pneumophila
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Statin (first - line)
Erythromycin

32. Cystic fibrosis
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Smoking cessation

33. Hypertriglyceridemia
Heparin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Aromatase inhibitor
Fibrate

34. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Spironolactone
Vancomycin
Penicillin

35. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Beta- interferon
Vitamin D supplementation
Ethosuximide

36. Ringworm infections
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antitoxin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Spironolactone

37. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs (first - line)

38. Multiple sclerosis
Ethosuximide
Beta- interferon
Statin (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

39. Crohn's disease
NSAIDs - colchicine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis

40. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
TMP- SMX
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine

41. Treponema pallidum
Folate
Penicillin
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

42. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs (first - line)

43. Neural tube defect prevention
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

44. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin
Sumatriptan
Warfarin

45. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Demeclocycline - lithium
Mifepristone

46. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Spironolactone
Oral KI
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

47. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Smoking cessation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

48. Bipolar disorder
Bosentan
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ganciclovir
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

49. Prolactinoma
Tamoxifen
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methicillin/naficillin

50. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Sildenafil
All - trans retinoic acid
Fibrate
Antitoxin