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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Sporothrix schenckii
Sumatriptan
Oral KI
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Indomethacin

2. Hyperaldosteronism
Benzodiazepines
Indomethacin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Spironolactone

3. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Statin (first - line)
Mifepristone
Flutamide
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

4. B12 deficiency
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
B12
Folate

5. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Oral metronidazole
Protamine sulfate
All - trans retinoic acid

6. Enterococci
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Imatinib
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

7. Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Aromatase inhibitor
IFN- a
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

8. MRSA
Ethosuximide
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Vancomycin

9. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
High - dose steroids
Penicillin prophylaxis
Trastuzumab
Buspirone

10. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Buspirone
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

11. Anxiety
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Buspirone
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

12. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
D2 receptor antagonists
Vancomycin
All - trans retinoic acid
Sublingual nitroglycerin

13. Hemorrhagic cystitis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Buspirone
B12

14. Streptococcus pyogenes
Folate
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

15. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Smoking cessation
Heparin
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

16. Bulimia
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate
SSRIs
Antitoxin

17. Streptococcus bovis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

18. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Indomethacin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Folate

19. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

20. Treponema pallidum
5- ASA - infliximab
Penicillin
Statin (first - line)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

21. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Amantadine/rimantadine
SSRIs (first - line)

22. Pulmonary hypertension
Amantadine/rimantadine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Heparin
Bosentan

23. Folate deficiency
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

24. Long - term anticoagulation
Amantadine/rimantadine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
Warfarin

25. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs
Demeclocycline - lithium

26. Crohn's disease
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Sildenafil

27. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
Vancomycin/ampicillin + 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)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

28. Alcohol withdrawal
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Benzodiazepines
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

29. Clostridium difficile
Heparin
Octreotide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Oral metronidazole

30. Tonic - clonic seizures
Vancomycin
Mifepristone
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids

31. Medical abortion
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Mifepristone
Fluids - insulin - K+
D2 receptor antagonists

32. Anorexia
SSRIs (first - line)
SSRIs
Buspirone
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

33. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

34. Influenza
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
SSRIs
B12
Amantadine/rimantadine

35. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
TMP- SMX
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

36. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Ethosuximide
Vitamin D supplementation
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Mifepristone

37. Malaria
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
D2 receptor antagonists
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Tamsulosin - finasteride

38. Infertility
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
D2 receptor antagonists
Trastuzumab
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

39. Patent ductus arteriosus
Penicillin prophylaxis
Oral metronidazole
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Indomethacin

40. Clostridium botulinum
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Antitoxin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Sumatriptan

41. UTI prophylaxis
TMP- SMX
Statin (first - line)
Penicillin
All - trans retinoic acid

42. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Vitamin D supplementation
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

43. Migraine
Sumatriptan
Methicillin/naficillin
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Sildenafil

44. Candida albicans
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Benzodiazepines
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Tamoxifen

45. SIADH
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Warfarin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Erythromycin

46. Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Protamine sulfate
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

47. Sickle cell anemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Antitoxin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Fibrate

48. Trichomonas vaginalis
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

49. Bipolar disorder
Imatinib
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sildenafil
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

50. Chronic hepatitis
IFN- a
Sumatriptan
Antitoxin
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam