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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Clostridium difficile
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Oral metronidazole
Erythromycin
Ethosuximide

2. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Mifepristone
Fibrate
Imatinib
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

3. Temporal arteritis
Folate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
High - dose steroids

4. Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Beta- interferon

5. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Oral metronidazole
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erythromycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

6. Depression
NSAIDs - colchicine
Dantrolene
5- ASA - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)

7. Neural tube defect prevention
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Spironolactone
Penicillin prophylaxis

8. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
IFN- a
Aromatase inhibitor

9. SIADH
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Aromatase inhibitor
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Demeclocycline - lithium

10. Crohn's disease
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Fluids - insulin - K+

11. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Erythromycin

12. Neisseria meningitidis
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sumatriptan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

13. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Heparin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
SSRIs

14. Medical abortion
Sildenafil
Mifepristone
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

15. Buerger's disease
Sumatriptan
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Smoking cessation
Sildenafil

16. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Sildenafil
5- ASA - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium

17. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

18. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Amantadine/rimantadine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sumatriptan
NSAIDs - colchicine

19. Anorexia
SSRIs
Smoking cessation
Bosentan
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

20. Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Tamoxifen
Amantadine/rimantadine

21. Tonic - clonic seizures
Penicillin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Smoking cessation

22. Infertility
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Imatinib
Octreotide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

23. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Beta- interferon
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin prophylaxis

24. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Ganciclovir
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

25. Clostridium botulinum
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin
Beta- interferon

26. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Protamine sulfate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

27. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Penicillin prophylaxis
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
All - trans retinoic acid

28. Absence seizures
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Ethosuximide
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

29. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
D2 receptor antagonists
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

30. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Heparin
Smoking cessation

31. Prolactinoma
Penicillin
Warfarin
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

32. Bulimia
Amantadine/rimantadine
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
SSRIs

33. Ulcerative colitis
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- ASA - infliximab
Indomethacin
Erythromycin

34. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Heparin
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

35. Staphylococcus aureus
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Methicillin/naficillin
Antitoxin
NSAIDs - colchicine

36. Acute gout attack
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Ganciclovir
NSAIDs - colchicine
Penicillin prophylaxis

37. Treponema pallidum
Imatinib
Vancomycin
Bosentan
Penicillin

38. Clostridium tetani
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

39. Hyperaldosteronism
Antitoxin
Warfarin
Spironolactone
Buspirone

40. Sickle cell anemia
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Octreotide
Methicillin/naficillin
D2 receptor antagonists

41. Erectile dysfunction
Octreotide
Sildenafil
Trastuzumab
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

42. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Smoking cessation
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

43. Carcinoid syndrome
Bosentan
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Erythromycin
Octreotide

44. B12 deficiency
Indomethacin
B12
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Spironolactone

45. Enterococci
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

46. Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Vitamin D supplementation
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Protamine sulfate

47. Folate deficiency
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Folate
Amantadine/rimantadine

48. UTI prophylaxis
Tamsulosin - finasteride
5- ASA - infliximab
TMP- SMX
IFN- a

49. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Erythromycin
Sumatriptan
Fibrate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

50. Ringworm infections
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)