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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sumatriptan
Oral metronidazole
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

2. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Octreotide
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fibrate

3. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

4. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Vitamin D supplementation

5. Acute gout attack
Oral KI
Buspirone
NSAIDs - colchicine
SSRIs

6. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

7. Folate deficiency
Antitoxin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Folate
Mifepristone

8. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Oral KI

9. Clostridium tetani
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

10. Temporal arteritis
Dantrolene
High - dose steroids
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines

11. Prolactinoma
Imatinib
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

12. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Ethosuximide
D2 receptor antagonists
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

13. Carcinoid syndrome
Folate
Mifepristone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Octreotide

14. SIADH
Ethosuximide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate
Penicillin

15. Anxiety
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
B12
Tamoxifen
Buspirone

16. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ganciclovir
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Protamine sulfate
Indomethacin

17. MRSA
All - trans retinoic acid
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin
Warfarin

18. Legionella pneumophila
Demeclocycline - lithium
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin

19. Migraine
Imatinib
Spironolactone
Sumatriptan
Buspirone

20. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Dantrolene
Heparin

21. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
High - dose steroids
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

22. Ulcerative colitis
TMP- SMX
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin prophylaxis
5- ASA - infliximab

23. Wegener's granulomatosis
SSRIs (first - line)
Erythromycin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

24. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Beta- interferon
Dantrolene
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

25. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs
Methicillin/naficillin
Erythromycin

26. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fibrate
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

27. Warfarin toxicity
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

28. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dantrolene
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone

29. Rickettsia rickettsii
All - trans retinoic acid
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

30. Influenza
Mifepristone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Aromatase inhibitor
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)