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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Multiple sclerosis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon

2. ADHD
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

3. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Imatinib
Fibrate

4. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Methicillin/naficillin
Vancomycin

5. Diabetes insipidus
Vancomycin
Oral KI
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

6. Long - term anticoagulation
SSRIs
Warfarin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines

7. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs (first - line)
B12
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
All - trans retinoic acid
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

9. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Ethosuximide
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

10. Pheochromocytoma
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Ethosuximide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

11. Warfarin toxicity
Beta- interferon
Spironolactone
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

12. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
D2 receptor antagonists
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor

13. Clostridium botulinum
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Heparin
Antitoxin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

14. Pulmonary hypertension
Erythromycin
Bosentan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Folate

15. Hyperaldosteronism
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Aromatase inhibitor
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Spironolactone

16. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin prophylaxis

17. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Smoking cessation
Imatinib
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
NSAIDs - colchicine
Beta- interferon
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

19. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Imatinib

20. Malignant hyperthermia
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dantrolene
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

21. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis

22. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Heparin
NSAIDs - colchicine

23. Clostridium difficile
Oral KI
Fibrate
Oral metronidazole
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

24. Cytomegalovirus
Imatinib
Sildenafil
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ganciclovir

25. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide

26. Hypercholesterolemia
Dantrolene
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Statin (first - line)
Bosentan

27. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

28. Migraine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sumatriptan
Bosentan
NSAIDs - colchicine

29. Anorexia
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
SSRIs
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

30. Absence seizures
Trastuzumab
Ethosuximide
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin

31. Chlamydia trachomatis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sildenafil
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation

32. Carcinoid syndrome
Fibrate
Octreotide
Warfarin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

33. Alcohol abuse
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin

34. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Dantrolene
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Demeclocycline - lithium

35. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ganciclovir

36. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
SSRIs

37. B12 deficiency
B12
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
TMP- SMX

38. Wegener's granulomatosis
Amantadine/rimantadine
Aromatase inhibitor
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

39. Prostate carcinoma
Fibrate
Dantrolene
Flutamide
Trastuzumab

40. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Folate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

41. Stable angina
Trastuzumab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs

42. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Mifepristone
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin

43. Tonic - clonic seizures
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Warfarin
Demeclocycline - lithium

44. Enterococci
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Imatinib
Octreotide

45. Staphylococcus aureus
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Methicillin/naficillin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Heparin

46. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amantadine/rimantadine
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

47. Ulcerative colitis
Beta- interferon
5- ASA - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Folate

48. Chronic gout
Demeclocycline - lithium
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ganciclovir

49. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Vitamin D supplementation

50. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Trastuzumab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)