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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Dantrolene
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Imatinib

2. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab
Statin (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

3. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amantadine/rimantadine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

4. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Heparin
SSRIs

5. Cystic fibrosis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Vitamin D supplementation
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

6. Long - term anticoagulation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Warfarin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Flutamide

7. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tamoxifen
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

8. Infertility
Beta- interferon
Tamoxifen
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

9. Enterococci
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

10. Sickle cell anemia
Demeclocycline - lithium
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

11. Legionella pneumophila
SSRIs (first - line)
Erythromycin
Penicillin
Penicillin prophylaxis

12. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

13. Migraine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

14. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Buspirone
Oral KI
Imatinib

15. Buerger's disease
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Smoking cessation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

16. Folate deficiency
Folate
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fibrate
Penicillin

17. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fibrate
Warfarin
Bosentan
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

18. Ringworm infections
Indomethacin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

19. Tonic - clonic seizures
Trastuzumab
SSRIs (first - line)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

20. Prolactinoma
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
All - trans retinoic acid
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

21. Pulmonary hypertension
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ganciclovir
Bosentan

22. Bulimia
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Aromatase inhibitor
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide

24. Sporothrix schenckii
Demeclocycline - lithium
Warfarin
Oral KI
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

25. Absence seizures
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ethosuximide
Erythromycin

26. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Tamoxifen
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin

27. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Buspirone
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

28. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Buspirone

29. Chronic hepatitis
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
IFN- a
Heparin

30. MRSA
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Vancomycin

31. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fluids - insulin - K+
Folate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

32. Rickettsia rickettsii
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

33. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Indomethacin

34. Staphylococcus aureus
Aromatase inhibitor
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Methicillin/naficillin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

35. Hyperaldosteronism
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Demeclocycline - lithium

36. Anxiety
Fibrate
Buspirone
Heparin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

37. Streptococcus bovis
Demeclocycline - lithium
Sildenafil
TMP- SMX
Penicillin prophylaxis

38. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Vitamin D supplementation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

39. Influenza
Ethosuximide
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

40. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Heparin
Octreotide
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Beta- interferon

42. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Tamoxifen
5- ASA - infliximab
D2 receptor antagonists
Aromatase inhibitor

43. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Warfarin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

44. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Mifepristone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Vitamin D supplementation

45. Malignant hyperthermia
Heparin
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Beta- interferon
Dantrolene

46. ADHD
Tamoxifen
Indomethacin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Buspirone

47. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- ASA - infliximab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Candida albicans
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Oral metronidazole

49. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
D2 receptor antagonists
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ganciclovir

50. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)