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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Bulimia
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Smoking cessation
Mifepristone
SSRIs

2. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

3. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Sumatriptan
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid

4. Ringworm infections
Trastuzumab
Spironolactone
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
All - trans retinoic acid

5. Chlamydia trachomatis
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluids - insulin - K+
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

6. Immediate anticoagulation
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Trastuzumab
Aromatase inhibitor
Heparin

7. Absence seizures
Aromatase inhibitor
Ethosuximide
Heparin
Sildenafil

8. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Fibrate
Octreotide
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

9. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Flutamide
Methicillin/naficillin

10. Prostate carcinoma
Sumatriptan
Flutamide
SSRIs
Vitamin D supplementation

11. MRSA
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin
Vancomycin

12. Acute gout attack
Corticosteroids - infliximab
TMP- SMX
NSAIDs - colchicine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

13. Alcohol withdrawal
Mifepristone
Vitamin D supplementation
Aromatase inhibitor
Benzodiazepines

14. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Aromatase inhibitor
Vitamin D supplementation
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

15. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Trastuzumab
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

16. Cytomegalovirus
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ganciclovir
Warfarin
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

17. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Sumatriptan

18. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Amantadine/rimantadine
Erythromycin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

19. Alcohol abuse
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
D2 receptor antagonists
Oral KI
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family

20. Pulmonary hypertension
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Bosentan
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

21. Hypercholesterolemia
Imatinib
NSAIDs - colchicine
Statin (first - line)
Benzodiazepines

22. Sporothrix schenckii
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
B12
Oral KI

23. Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin/naficillin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

24. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Sumatriptan
Benzodiazepines
Fibrate

25. Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Imatinib
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

26. Neisseria meningitidis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI
Imatinib
Vancomycin

27. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitor
Penicillin prophylaxis
Tamoxifen
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

28. Ulcerative colitis
Methicillin/naficillin
5- ASA - infliximab
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
TMP- SMX

29. Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Tamoxifen
Benzodiazepines

30. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
IFN- a
Amantadine/rimantadine
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

31. ADHD
Methicillin/naficillin
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Penicillin prophylaxis

32. Anorexia
SSRIs (first - line)
Erythromycin
SSRIs
Sublingual nitroglycerin

33. Enterococci
Tamoxifen
Ethosuximide
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Fibrate

34. Legionella pneumophila
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Erythromycin
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral KI

35. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Flutamide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

36. Patent ductus arteriosus
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Spironolactone
Indomethacin
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

37. Streptococcus bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
SSRIs

38. Pneumocystis jiroveci
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Flutamide
Smoking cessation

39. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
All - trans retinoic acid
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

40. SIADH
Methicillin/naficillin
Tamoxifen
Demeclocycline - lithium
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

41. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluids - insulin - K+
Octreotide

42. Wegener's granulomatosis
All - trans retinoic acid
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Beta- interferon

43. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Folate
Amantadine/rimantadine
Imatinib

44. Tonic - clonic seizures
Dantrolene
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Indomethacin
SSRIs

45. Pheochromocytoma
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Vancomycin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Amantadine/rimantadine

46. UTI prophylaxis
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Demeclocycline - lithium
Protamine sulfate
TMP- SMX

47. Sickle cell anemia
Fluids - insulin - K+
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

48. Hyperaldosteronism
Ethosuximide
Ganciclovir
Spironolactone
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

49. Clostridium tetani
Erythromycin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Benzodiazepines
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

50. Streptococcus pyogenes
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Penicillin prophylaxis
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids