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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Acute gout attack
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Flutamide
NSAIDs - colchicine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

2. Candida albicans
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Octreotide
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

3. Migraine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Flutamide
Sumatriptan
Tamsulosin - finasteride

4. Long - term anticoagulation
Sildenafil
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Warfarin

5. Buerger's disease
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Smoking cessation
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

6. Prolactinoma
SSRIs
Antitoxin
Heparin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

7. Treponema pallidum
Tamoxifen
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin

8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Vancomycin
Heparin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fluids - insulin - K+

9. Streptococcus bovis
Spironolactone
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis
Antitoxin

10. MRSA
Octreotide
Vitamin D supplementation
Sildenafil
Vancomycin

11. SIADH
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
High - dose steroids

12. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
SSRIs (first - line)
Folate
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

13. Infertility
SSRIs (first - line)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Trastuzumab
Penicillin
Fibrate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

15. Sporothrix schenckii
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Oral KI
All - trans retinoic acid
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

16. Folate deficiency
Vancomycin
Folate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tamoxifen

17. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Trastuzumab
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

18. Streptococcus pyogenes
Aromatase inhibitor
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis

19. Stable angina
All - trans retinoic acid
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Beta- interferon
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

20. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Heparin
SSRIs
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

21. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
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- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
NSAIDs - colchicine

22. Ringworm infections
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

23. Temporal arteritis
Heparin
High - dose steroids
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fibrate

24. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Statin (first - line)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

25. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

26. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
NSAIDs - colchicine
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

27. Malaria
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

28. Chronic gout
All - trans retinoic acid
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

29. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Oral metronidazole
Imatinib
Fluids - insulin - K+

30. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

31. ADHD
Sumatriptan
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

32. Depression
Vancomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium
B12
SSRIs (first - line)

33. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Beta- interferon
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

34. Rickettsia rickettsii
Smoking cessation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

35. UTI prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
TMP- SMX
Penicillin
SSRIs (first - line)

36. Cryptococcus neoformans
Penicillin prophylaxis
Octreotide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

37. Influenza
Fibrate
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Amantadine/rimantadine
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

38. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fibrate
All - trans retinoic acid
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

39. Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Benzodiazepines
Vancomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

40. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tamoxifen
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
SSRIs
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

41. Erectile dysfunction
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin
Sildenafil
Spironolactone

42. Cytomegalovirus
Vancomycin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Vitamin D supplementation
Ganciclovir

43. Alcohol withdrawal
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Benzodiazepines
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

44. Bipolar disorder
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
All - trans retinoic acid
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Penicillin

45. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Erythromycin
Benzodiazepines

46. Multiple sclerosis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Beta- interferon
Penicillin

47. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

48. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Dantrolene
TMP- SMX

49. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Fibrate
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Octreotide

50. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine