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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)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamoxifen

2. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

3. Long - term anticoagulation
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Warfarin

4. UTI prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Buspirone
TMP- SMX

5. Clostridium difficile
Fluids - insulin - K+
Amantadine/rimantadine
Heparin
Oral metronidazole

6. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Heparin

7. Migraine
SSRIs
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Demeclocycline - lithium

8. Legionella pneumophila
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin

9. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
D2 receptor antagonists

10. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

11. Cystic fibrosis
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin
Oral KI

12. Cryptococcus neoformans
Heparin
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

13. Bulimia
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
SSRIs
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

14. Cytomegalovirus
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Octreotide
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ganciclovir

15. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Penicillin prophylaxis
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Trastuzumab

16. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid

17. Sporothrix schenckii
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Oral KI

18. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Imatinib

19. Multiple sclerosis
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Beta- interferon

20. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Octreotide
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Warfarin

21. B12 deficiency
B12
Heparin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Vitamin D supplementation

22. Erectile dysfunction
Imatinib
Sildenafil
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
SSRIs

23. Bipolar disorder
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin
Smoking cessation
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

24. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Bosentan
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

25. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
TMP- SMX
Vitamin D supplementation

26. Alcohol withdrawal
Ganciclovir
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Smoking cessation
Benzodiazepines

27. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Tamsulosin - finasteride
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
High - dose steroids

28. Tonic - clonic seizures
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Octreotide
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

29. Anxiety
Fluids - insulin - K+
Indomethacin
Buspirone
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

30. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Flutamide

31. Wegener's granulomatosis
Aromatase inhibitor
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fluids - insulin - K+
SSRIs

32. Depression
Erythromycin
Protamine sulfate
SSRIs (first - line)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

33. Treponema pallidum
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
IFN- a
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin

34. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
TMP- SMX
Mifepristone
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

35. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Oral metronidazole
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

36. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
IFN- a

37. Diabetes insipidus
Aromatase inhibitor
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Octreotide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

38. Trichomonas vaginalis
Sildenafil
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vancomycin

39. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists
Flutamide

40. Prostate carcinoma
B12
Flutamide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Vancomycin

41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Demeclocycline - lithium
High - dose steroids
Sumatriptan

42. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
5- ASA - infliximab
Bosentan
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

43. Influenza
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

44. Acute gout attack
SSRIs
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

45. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Warfarin
Spironolactone
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Heparin

46. Toxoplasma gondii
Benzodiazepines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

47. Staphylococcus aureus
All - trans retinoic acid
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

48. Streptococcus pyogenes
Heparin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs
Penicillin prophylaxis

49. Rickettsia rickettsii
Protamine sulfate
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

50. SIADH
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fluids - insulin - K+
Ganciclovir