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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Anxiety
Smoking cessation
Penicillin
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Buspirone

2. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Beta- interferon

3. Chronic hepatitis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
IFN- a
Warfarin
Tamsulosin - finasteride

4. Streptococcus pyogenes
Oral KI
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sildenafil
Methicillin/naficillin

5. Neisseria meningitidis
SSRIs
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

6. Acute gout attack
NSAIDs - colchicine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
All - trans retinoic acid
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

7. Trichomonas vaginalis
Indomethacin
Bosentan
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

8. Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Sumatriptan
D2 receptor antagonists

9. Stable angina
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

10. MRSA
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Vancomycin
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. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Heparin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Indomethacin

12. Clostridium difficile
Warfarin
Spironolactone
Oral metronidazole
NSAIDs - colchicine

13. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Tamoxifen
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fibrate

14. Streptococcus bovis
TMP- SMX
Erythromycin
Penicillin prophylaxis
High - dose steroids

15. Pheochromocytoma
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Beta- interferon

16. Diabetes insipidus
TMP- SMX
Penicillin prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

17. B12 deficiency
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
B12
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

18. Hyperaldosteronism
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Erythromycin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Spironolactone

19. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Corticosteroids - infliximab

20. Neural tube defect prevention
Folate
Aromatase inhibitor
Trastuzumab
Sublingual nitroglycerin

21. Bulimia
SSRIs
High - dose steroids
Beta- interferon
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

22. Cryptococcus neoformans
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Tamoxifen
Trastuzumab
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

23. Wegener's granulomatosis
Smoking cessation
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Trastuzumab
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

24. Anorexia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs

25. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
IFN- a
Tamsulosin - finasteride

26. Legionella pneumophila
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Erythromycin
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

27. Infertility
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Benzodiazepines
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

28. Medical abortion
Heparin
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Mifepristone

29. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Smoking cessation
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
5- ASA - infliximab

30. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Corticosteroids - infliximab

31. Cytomegalovirus
Antitoxin
High - dose steroids
Ganciclovir
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

32. Malignant hyperthermia
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dantrolene
Bosentan

33. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Beta- interferon
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Ganciclovir

34. HER2/neu - positive breast cancer
SSRIs
Trastuzumab
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluids - insulin - K+

35. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Folate
Methicillin/naficillin
Sumatriptan

36. Cystic fibrosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Heparin
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

37. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin
Amantadine/rimantadine
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

38. Chronic gout
Octreotide
Folate
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

39. Hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Benzodiazepines
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

40. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
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
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

41. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Erythromycin
D2 receptor antagonists
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

42. Pneumocystis jiroveci
SSRIs
SSRIs (first - line)
D2 receptor antagonists
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

43. Hypertriglyceridemia
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Fibrate
Erythromycin
Sildenafil

44. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
All - trans retinoic acid
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

45. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Oral KI
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

46. Candida albicans
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Warfarin

47. UTI prophylaxis
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Buspirone
TMP- SMX

48. Multiple sclerosis
All - trans retinoic acid
Dantrolene
Beta- interferon
Aromatase inhibitor

49. Absence seizures
D2 receptor antagonists
Folate
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ethosuximide

50. Warfarin toxicity
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
IFN- a