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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Smoking cessation
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

2. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fibrate
D2 receptor antagonists

3. Immediate anticoagulation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Ganciclovir
Heparin

4. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dantrolene
IFN- a
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

5. Clostridium tetani
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
IFN- a
SSRIs

6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Beta- interferon
SSRIs
Erythromycin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

7. Diabetes insipidus
SSRIs (first - line)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ganciclovir

8. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

9. Anxiety
Buspirone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Demeclocycline - lithium

10. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid

11. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Heparin
Folate
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. MRSA
Vancomycin
Bosentan
Smoking cessation
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

13. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Buspirone

14. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

15. Cryptococcus neoformans
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ganciclovir
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fluids - insulin - K+

16. Diabetes mellitus type 1
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

17. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin

18. Long - term anticoagulation
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Warfarin

19. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

20. Pulmonary hypertension
Heparin
Bosentan
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate

21. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
SSRIs
Warfarin
5- ASA - infliximab

22. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

23. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
High - dose steroids

24. Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Tamoxifen
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Trastuzumab

25. Patent ductus arteriosus
Ganciclovir
Indomethacin
Oral KI
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

26. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

27. Malignant hyperthermia
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Dantrolene
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamoxifen

28. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
Flutamide

29. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Trastuzumab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

30. B12 deficiency
B12
Imatinib
Tamoxifen
Beta- interferon

31. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

32. Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Demeclocycline - lithium
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- ASA - infliximab

33. SIADH
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Fluids - insulin - K+
Beta- interferon
Demeclocycline - lithium

34. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Buspirone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sildenafil

35. Neisseria meningitidis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (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)

36. Alcohol abuse
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Fluids - insulin - K+
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin

37. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Tamoxifen
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Statin (first - line)

38. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Imatinib
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

39. Hypertriglyceridemia
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fibrate

40. Clostridium botulinum
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

41. Bulimia
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Imatinib

42. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Smoking cessation
Oral metronidazole
D2 receptor antagonists

43. Rickettsia rickettsii
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
B12
Erythromycin

44. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
B12
Sublingual nitroglycerin

45. Anorexia
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Ganciclovir
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
SSRIs

46. Bipolar disorder
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Dantrolene
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

47. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

48. Trichomonas vaginalis
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sumatriptan

49. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Warfarin
Flutamide
IFN- a
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

50. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Methicillin/naficillin
Ethosuximide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)