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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Temporal arteritis
D2 receptor antagonists
High - dose steroids
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
SSRIs

2. Medical abortion
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ethosuximide
Mifepristone

3. Absence seizures
SSRIs (first - line)
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ethosuximide

4. Neural tube defect prevention
Heparin
Erythromycin
TMP- SMX
Folate

5. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Aromatase inhibitor
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

6. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Mifepristone
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

7. Treponema pallidum
Statin (first - line)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin
Smoking cessation

8. Hemorrhagic cystitis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Methicillin/naficillin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

9. Legionella pneumophila
Sildenafil
Erythromycin
Trastuzumab
Tamsulosin - finasteride

10. Tonic - clonic seizures
Dantrolene
Erythromycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

11. Clostridium tetani
Imatinib
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
NSAIDs - colchicine

12. Long - term anticoagulation
Heparin
Heparin
Warfarin
IFN- a

13. Prolactinoma
Mifepristone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
High - dose steroids

14. Influenza
Methicillin/naficillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

15. Bulimia
SSRIs
Demeclocycline - lithium
Smoking cessation
Tamsulosin - finasteride

16. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dantrolene
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
IFN- a

17. Pulmonary hypertension
Amantadine/rimantadine
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Bosentan
Smoking cessation

18. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Heparin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Mifepristone
All - trans retinoic acid

19. Prostate carcinoma
Demeclocycline - lithium
Flutamide
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

20. Carcinoid syndrome
Trastuzumab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dantrolene
Octreotide

21. Bipolar disorder
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Benzodiazepines

22. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Heparin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

23. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Heparin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

24. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Protamine sulfate

25. Streptococcus pyogenes
High - dose steroids
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral KI

26. Chronic gout
Beta- interferon
Statin (first - line)
Methicillin/naficillin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

27. Warfarin toxicity
Indomethacin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

28. Depression
Protamine sulfate
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs (first - line)

29. Sporothrix schenckii
Heparin
Oral KI
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Aromatase inhibitor

30. Buerger's disease
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Smoking cessation

31. Trichomonas vaginalis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Folate

32. Malaria
Buspirone
Vitamin D supplementation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

33. Folate deficiency
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Beta- interferon
Folate

34. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

35. Sickle cell anemia
Sumatriptan
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
5- ASA - infliximab

36. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Heparin

37. Chlamydia trachomatis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Folate

38. B12 deficiency
B12
Oral metronidazole
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Vitamin D supplementation

39. Pheochromocytoma
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

40. Malignant hyperthermia
SSRIs
Heparin
Statin (first - line)
Dantrolene

41. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Indomethacin
Sublingual nitroglycerin

42. Hypercholesterolemia
Folate
Statin (first - line)
Antitoxin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

43. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Indomethacin
TMP- SMX

44. Acute gout attack
Spironolactone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
NSAIDs - colchicine

45. Cryptococcus neoformans
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

46. Stable angina
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

47. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

48. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vitamin D supplementation
Amantadine/rimantadine

49. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab

50. Enterococci
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ethosuximide