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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Smoking cessation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

2. Chronic gout
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

3. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Sildenafil
Octreotide
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

4. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Oral KI
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

5. Stable angina
Beta- interferon
Sumatriptan
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

6. Bipolar disorder
B12
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Statin (first - line)
Oral KI

7. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Buspirone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
All - trans retinoic acid
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

8. Candida albicans
Beta- interferon
Ethosuximide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Dantrolene

9. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
SSRIs
Vancomycin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

10. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Spironolactone
IFN- a
Heparin

11. Bulimia
SSRIs
NSAIDs - colchicine
Warfarin
Demeclocycline - lithium

12. Cytomegalovirus
Fibrate
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Ganciclovir
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

13. Malignant hyperthermia
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Dantrolene
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sumatriptan

14. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Imatinib
Aromatase inhibitor
Vitamin D supplementation
SSRIs

15. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Penicillin
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

16. Infertility
Sildenafil
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Bosentan
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

17. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Smoking cessation
Vancomycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Protamine sulfate

18. Toxoplasma gondii
Benzodiazepines
All - trans retinoic acid
Bosentan
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

19. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Penicillin
Indomethacin
Vancomycin

20. B12 deficiency
SSRIs
Fluids - insulin - K+
B12
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

21. Streptococcus bovis
SSRIs
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin prophylaxis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

22. Neisseria meningitidis
Mifepristone
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Methicillin/naficillin

23. Folate deficiency
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Folate
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

24. Anorexia
Fibrate
All - trans retinoic acid
SSRIs
Erythromycin

25. Osteomalacia/rickets
Folate
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Vitamin D supplementation
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

26. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Ethosuximide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sublingual nitroglycerin

27. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Penicillin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
NSAIDs - colchicine

28. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

29. UTI prophylaxis
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
TMP- SMX

30. Alcohol abuse
B12
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Indomethacin

31. Long - term anticoagulation
Heparin
Warfarin
Buspirone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

32. Wegener's granulomatosis
Tamoxifen
Vitamin D supplementation
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Buspirone

33. Acute gout attack
Benzodiazepines
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

34. Pulmonary hypertension
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Bosentan
Tamoxifen
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

35. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Oral metronidazole
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Benzodiazepines

36. Patent ductus arteriosus
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Indomethacin
Statin (first - line)

37. Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Indomethacin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Bosentan

38. Immediate anticoagulation
Oral KI
Heparin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

39. Chronic hepatitis
Imatinib
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Vancomycin
IFN- a

40. SIADH
IFN- a
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Demeclocycline - lithium

41. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
B12
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

42. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Vancomycin
Indomethacin

43. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Ethosuximide
Fibrate
Buspirone

44. Hypercholesterolemia
Trastuzumab
Statin (first - line)
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

45. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
All - trans retinoic acid
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

46. ADHD
Fluids - insulin - K+
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Penicillin prophylaxis
D2 receptor antagonists

47. Buerger's disease
Penicillin prophylaxis
Smoking cessation
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

48. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Heparin
Tamoxifen

49. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Octreotide
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

50. Chlamydia trachomatis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Erythromycin
Aromatase inhibitor
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)