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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Bulimia
Dantrolene
Trastuzumab
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab

2. Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Sumatriptan
SSRIs (first - line)

3. Trichomonas vaginalis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

4. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Octreotide
Antitoxin

5. Heparin toxicity (acute)
All - trans retinoic acid
Heparin
Penicillin
Protamine sulfate

6. Neural tube defect prevention
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
High - dose steroids

7. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Oral metronidazole
Beta- interferon

8. Chlamydia trachomatis
IFN- a
Smoking cessation
NSAIDs - colchicine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

9. Enterococci
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

10. Wegener's granulomatosis
Benzodiazepines
Imatinib
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab

11. Infertility
Beta- interferon
Imatinib
Aromatase inhibitor
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

12. Neisseria meningitidis
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Imatinib

13. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

14. Treponema pallidum
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Tamoxifen
Penicillin
Buspirone

15. Depression
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Sildenafil
SSRIs (first - line)

16. Warfarin toxicity
Fibrate
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

17. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX
Fluids - insulin - K+

18. Acute gout attack
Indomethacin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Buspirone

19. Prolactinoma
Benzodiazepines
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

20. Diabetes insipidus
Penicillin
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

21. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Antitoxin

22. Carcinoid syndrome
Folate
Octreotide
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sildenafil

23. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
SSRIs
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Heparin

24. UTI prophylaxis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Benzodiazepines
Amantadine/rimantadine
TMP- SMX

25. Cryptococcus neoformans
Spironolactone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

26. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Buspirone
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Methicillin/naficillin

27. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Indomethacin
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

28. Malaria
High - dose steroids
Mifepristone
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

29. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Ethosuximide

30. Hypercholesterolemia
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Octreotide
Statin (first - line)

31. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Methicillin/naficillin

32. Erectile dysfunction
IFN- a
Sildenafil
Oral metronidazole
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

33. Ringworm infections
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
TMP- SMX

34. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
Penicillin
Benzodiazepines
Spironolactone
Trastuzumab

35. Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs

36. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Oral metronidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

37. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

38. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin prophylaxis

39. Absence seizures
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Oral KI
Ethosuximide
Mifepristone

40. Rickettsia rickettsii
Beta- interferon
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Oral KI
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

41. B12 deficiency
B12
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ganciclovir
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

42. Influenza
SSRIs
Amantadine/rimantadine
Heparin
Protamine sulfate

43. Multiple sclerosis
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Beta- interferon
Folate

44. Temporal arteritis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
High - dose steroids
Flutamide
Oral KI

45. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Folate
IFN- a
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Octreotide

46. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Imatinib
Antitoxin
Indomethacin

47. Alcohol withdrawal
Erythromycin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Benzodiazepines
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

48. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
SSRIs
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine

49. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

50. Alcohol abuse
D2 receptor antagonists
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
IFN- a
SSRIs (first - line)