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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Trichomonas vaginalis
Ethosuximide
Oral metronidazole
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

2. Clostridium difficile
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Oral metronidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

3. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Folate
Penicillin prophylaxis

4. Multiple sclerosis
Tamoxifen
Beta- interferon
All - trans retinoic acid
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

5. Rickettsia rickettsii
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Aromatase inhibitor
Sublingual nitroglycerin

6. Folate deficiency
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate
Statin (first - line)

7. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Ganciclovir
Folate

8. Clostridium botulinum
Sublingual nitroglycerin
B12
Antitoxin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

9. Bulimia
Aromatase inhibitor
SSRIs
Sildenafil
Penicillin prophylaxis

10. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

11. Malignant hyperthermia
Fibrate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dantrolene
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

12. Treponema pallidum
Octreotide
Penicillin
Sildenafil
Benzodiazepines

13. Neural tube defect prevention
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Folate
Beta- interferon
SSRIs

14. Malaria
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

15. Erectile dysfunction
5- ASA - infliximab
Sildenafil
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

16. Cytomegalovirus
Octreotide
Ganciclovir
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin prophylaxis

17. Osteomalacia/rickets
Aromatase inhibitor
Vitamin D supplementation
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

18. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vitamin D supplementation
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

19. Depression
Aromatase inhibitor
Oral metronidazole
SSRIs (first - line)
Spironolactone

20. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Dantrolene
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
SSRIs (first - line)

21. B12 deficiency
Methicillin/naficillin
Sumatriptan
Benzodiazepines
B12

22. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Beta- interferon
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

23. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Heparin

24. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Folate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Imatinib
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

25. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Sumatriptan
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sildenafil
All - trans retinoic acid

26. SIADH
Demeclocycline - lithium
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sildenafil
B12

27. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
B12
SSRIs
TMP- SMX
D2 receptor antagonists

28. Ringworm infections
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon
Mifepristone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

29. Medical abortion
Antitoxin
Mifepristone
Vancomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

30. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
SSRIs
Erythromycin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

31. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Protamine sulfate
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Trastuzumab

32. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs (first - line)
Folate

33. MRSA
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ganciclovir
Vancomycin

34. Streptococcus bovis
Bosentan
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Erythromycin

35. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Protamine sulfate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

36. Chronic hepatitis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
IFN- a
Smoking cessation

37. Warfarin toxicity
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

38. Influenza
Trastuzumab
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Buspirone

39. Candida albicans
Trastuzumab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Protamine sulfate

40. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

41. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
SSRIs

42. Pulmonary hypertension
Heparin
Octreotide
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Bosentan

43. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Erythromycin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

44. Sporothrix schenckii
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral KI

45. Anorexia
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

46. Sickle cell anemia
B12
Tamoxifen
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

47. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin
Erythromycin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

48. Patent ductus arteriosus
Dantrolene
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Indomethacin

49. Buerger's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Spironolactone
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Smoking cessation

50. Diabetes insipidus
Beta- interferon
Buspirone
Demeclocycline - lithium
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride