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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
Antitoxin
Heparin
D2 receptor antagonists

2. Anorexia
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs

3. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
SSRIs (first - line)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Heparin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

4. Clostridium botulinum
Trastuzumab
Protamine sulfate
Antitoxin
Spironolactone

5. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Fibrate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

6. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Heparin
Fibrate

7. Clostridium difficile
Tamoxifen
Oral metronidazole
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin

8. Infertility
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

9. B12 deficiency
B12
Benzodiazepines
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate

10. Prolactinoma
TMP- SMX
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Sublingual nitroglycerin

11. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
SSRIs

12. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Oral KI
Benzodiazepines
Tamoxifen
Tamsulosin - finasteride

13. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Erythromycin
B12

14. Cystic fibrosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Vitamin D supplementation
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Ganciclovir

15. Patent ductus arteriosus
Methicillin/naficillin
Indomethacin
D2 receptor antagonists
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

16. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Imatinib
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

17. Multiple sclerosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
Beta- interferon

18. Cytomegalovirus
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Ganciclovir
Dantrolene
Penicillin

19. Toxoplasma gondii
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Folate
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Penicillin prophylaxis

20. Ulcerative colitis
5- ASA - infliximab
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Penicillin prophylaxis
IFN- a

21. Hypertriglyceridemia
D2 receptor antagonists
NSAIDs - colchicine
Sildenafil
Fibrate

22. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral metronidazole
Smoking cessation

23. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Mifepristone
Fibrate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

24. ADHD
Indomethacin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bosentan

25. Bulimia
SSRIs
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Antitoxin

26. Long - term anticoagulation
Octreotide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
High - dose steroids
Warfarin

27. UTI prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX

28. Hyperaldosteronism
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
TMP- SMX
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Spironolactone

29. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Folate
Trastuzumab
Methicillin/naficillin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

30. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Ganciclovir
Fluids - insulin - K+
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

31. Clostridium tetani
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
SSRIs
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

32. Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fibrate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

33. Streptococcus pyogenes
Buspirone
5- ASA - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Penicillin prophylaxis

34. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Indomethacin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Imatinib

35. Erectile dysfunction
Sumatriptan
Sildenafil
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
B12

36. SIADH
Fibrate
Sumatriptan
Demeclocycline - lithium
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

37. Influenza
Penicillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

38. MRSA
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin
Sildenafil
Ganciclovir

39. Diabetes mellitus type 1
B12
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Warfarin

40. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin
Aromatase inhibitor

41. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Fluids - insulin - K+

42. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Aromatase inhibitor
Warfarin
Mifepristone

43. Neisseria meningitidis
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin
Imatinib

44. Diabetes insipidus
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Demeclocycline - lithium

45. Candida albicans
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Mifepristone
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antitoxin

46. Staphylococcus aureus
Oral metronidazole
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Methicillin/naficillin
SSRIs

47. Malaria
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Erythromycin
Beta- interferon
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

48. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
TMP- SMX
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Tamsulosin - finasteride

49. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate

50. Alcohol abuse
Heparin
SSRIs
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Erythromycin