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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Ringworm infections
5- ASA - infliximab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Benzodiazepines
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

2. Patent ductus arteriosus
All - trans retinoic acid
Indomethacin
Antitoxin
Amantadine/rimantadine

3. Tonic - clonic seizures
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

4. Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
High - dose steroids
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

5. Acute gout attack
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamoxifen
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

6. Clostridium botulinum
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Antitoxin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

7. Treponema pallidum
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin

8. Hypertriglyceridemia
Benzodiazepines
Fibrate
Spironolactone
Fluids - insulin - K+

9. Cystic fibrosis
Ganciclovir
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs

10. Streptococcus bovis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Demeclocycline - lithium
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

11. Diabetes insipidus
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Vitamin D supplementation
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Amantadine/rimantadine

12. Infertility
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
SSRIs

13. Migraine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sumatriptan
TMP- SMX
Smoking cessation

14. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Heparin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
High - dose steroids
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

15. Anxiety
Buspirone
All - trans retinoic acid
Antitoxin
Warfarin

16. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Bosentan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

17. ADHD
Ethosuximide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Statin (first - line)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

18. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Vitamin D supplementation
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
B12

19. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

20. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Buspirone
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

21. Folate deficiency
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

22. Depression
Demeclocycline - lithium
Aromatase inhibitor
SSRIs (first - line)
Beta- interferon

23. Hypercholesterolemia
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Statin (first - line)
Aromatase inhibitor

24. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
D2 receptor antagonists

25. B12 deficiency
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Oral KI
B12
Protamine sulfate

26. Erectile dysfunction
Antitoxin
B12
Sildenafil
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

27. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
High - dose steroids
Sumatriptan
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

28. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Folate
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX
Tamoxifen

29. Chlamydia trachomatis
Vitamin D supplementation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Erythromycin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

30. Neural tube defect prevention
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
IFN- a

31. UTI prophylaxis
D2 receptor antagonists
Indomethacin
TMP- SMX
Bosentan

32. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Statin (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

33. Sporothrix schenckii
Fibrate
Oral KI
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vitamin D supplementation

34. Wegener's granulomatosis
High - dose steroids
Octreotide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Oral metronidazole

35. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
D2 receptor antagonists
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

36. Streptococcus pyogenes
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Statin (first - line)

37. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Erythromycin

38. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

39. MRSA
Vancomycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
D2 receptor antagonists
5- ASA - infliximab

40. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Oral KI
Protamine sulfate
Erythromycin

41. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vitamin D supplementation

42. Temporal arteritis
All - trans retinoic acid
High - dose steroids
Oral metronidazole
Antitoxin

43. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
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)
Imatinib

44. Staphylococcus aureus
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Methicillin/naficillin
Buspirone
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

45. Alcohol withdrawal
B12
Benzodiazepines
Spironolactone
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

46. Legionella pneumophila
TMP- SMX
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Erythromycin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

47. Chronic gout
Beta- interferon
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Clostridium tetani
TMP- SMX
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

49. Warfarin toxicity
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
SSRIs
Heparin

50. Absence seizures
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Folate