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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Malaria
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Flutamide
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

2. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Oral metronidazole
Protamine sulfate
High - dose steroids
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Tamoxifen

4. Hemorrhagic cystitis
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Oral metronidazole
Buspirone

5. Hypertriglyceridemia
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Beta- interferon
Heparin
Fibrate

6. Neisseria meningitidis
SSRIs (first - line)
Sumatriptan
Protamine sulfate
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

7. Osteomalacia/rickets
Buspirone
Fluids - insulin - K+
Aromatase inhibitor
Vitamin D supplementation

8. Depression
SSRIs
Statin (first - line)
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs (first - line)

9. Legionella pneumophila
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Heparin
Erythromycin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

10. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Penicillin prophylaxis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

11. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
5- ASA - infliximab
D2 receptor antagonists

12. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

13. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
Vancomycin
Imatinib
Flutamide

14. UTI prophylaxis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
TMP- SMX
SSRIs
Antitoxin

15. Diabetes insipidus
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Folate
5- ASA - infliximab

16. Alcohol abuse
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Penicillin
Imatinib

17. Alcohol withdrawal
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Antitoxin
Benzodiazepines
Heparin

18. Bulimia
Benzodiazepines
SSRIs
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fluids - insulin - K+

19. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Octreotide
B12

20. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Imatinib
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

21. Prolactinoma
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
IFN- a
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

22. Ringworm infections
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

23. Candida albicans
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Statin (first - line)

24. Streptococcus bovis
SSRIs
Sumatriptan
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Penicillin prophylaxis

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
B12
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

26. Influenza
Amantadine/rimantadine
Protamine sulfate
Sildenafil
Imatinib

27. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

28. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
NSAIDs - colchicine
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Warfarin

29. Cytomegalovirus
Amantadine/rimantadine
IFN- a
Ganciclovir
SSRIs (first - line)

30. Anorexia
Folate
Heparin
SSRIs
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

31. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Sublingual nitroglycerin
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

32. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Folate
Heparin

33. Bipolar disorder
Oral metronidazole
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Warfarin
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

34. Sporothrix schenckii
Oral KI
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Mifepristone

35. Rickettsia rickettsii
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Ethosuximide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

36. Long - term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone

37. Neural tube defect prevention
Tamoxifen
Folate
Bosentan
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

38. Pneumocystis jiroveci
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Sildenafil
Spironolactone

39. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Mifepristone
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
All - trans retinoic acid
Flutamide

40. Treponema pallidum
Sildenafil
Penicillin
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Benzodiazepines

41. Migraine
Amantadine/rimantadine
Sumatriptan
Penicillin prophylaxis
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

42. Medical abortion
Ganciclovir
Demeclocycline - lithium
Mifepristone
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

43. Chronic gout
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
High - dose steroids
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

44. Absence seizures
Aromatase inhibitor
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Ethosuximide
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

45. Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
NSAIDs - colchicine
Demeclocycline - lithium

46. Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
SSRIs (first - line)

47. Hypercholesterolemia
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Statin (first - line)
B12

48. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Methicillin/naficillin
Trastuzumab
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

49. Buerger's disease
Smoking cessation
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Folate
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)

50. B12 deficiency
Trastuzumab
Amantadine/rimantadine
B12
5- ASA - infliximab