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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Anxiety
Aromatase inhibitor
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Buspirone
Sublingual nitroglycerin

2. Hypercholesterolemia
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Statin (first - line)
Heparin
Erythromycin

3. ADHD
Ethosuximide
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
B12

4. Malignant hyperthermia
Tamoxifen
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Dantrolene
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

5. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Vitamin D supplementation
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Statin (first - line)
Dantrolene

6. Folate deficiency
Folate
Heparin
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Buspirone

7. Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab

8. Erectile dysfunction
Antitoxin
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil

9. Neisseria meningitidis
Bosentan
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
D2 receptor antagonists
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)

10. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
SSRIs
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

11. Heparin toxicity (acute)
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Protamine sulfate
Folate

12. Patent ductus arteriosus
Imatinib
Octreotide
Indomethacin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

13. Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Sumatriptan
Heparin

14. Hypertriglyceridemia
Sumatriptan
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fibrate
Vancomycin

15. Absence seizures
D2 receptor antagonists
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
High - dose steroids
Ethosuximide

16. SIADH
Vancomycin
Octreotide
High - dose steroids
Demeclocycline - lithium

17. Treponema pallidum
Flutamide
Vancomycin
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Penicillin

18. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Antitoxin

19. Prolactinoma
Tamoxifen
NSAIDs - colchicine
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

20. Hemorrhagic cystitis
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Vitamin D supplementation
Penicillin prophylaxis
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)

21. Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
High - dose steroids

22. Sporothrix schenckii
Vitamin D supplementation
Oral KI
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

23. Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

24. Infertility
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Demeclocycline - lithium
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

25. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

26. Osteomalacia/rickets
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Vitamin D supplementation
Amantadine/rimantadine

27. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
TMP- SMX
Aromatase inhibitor

28. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Oral KI
Bosentan

29. Hyperaldosteronism
Beta- interferon
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Spironolactone
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

30. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

31. Ulcerative colitis
Spironolactone
5- ASA - infliximab
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Octreotide

32. Cytomegalovirus
Amantadine/rimantadine
Spironolactone
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ganciclovir

33. Chlamydia trachomatis
SSRIs
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

34. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
Aromatase inhibitor
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Folate
D2 receptor antagonists

35. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Penicillin
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Spironolactone
Tamsulosin - finasteride

36. Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Benzodiazepines
Beta- interferon
Indomethacin

37. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All - trans retinoic acid
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Erythromycin
Heparin

38. Ringworm infections
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Ethosuximide
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Fibrate

39. Buerger's disease
D2 receptor antagonists
Smoking cessation
Oral KI
Sumatriptan

40. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
SSRIs
D2 receptor antagonists
SSRIs (first - line)

41. B12 deficiency
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
B12
Bosentan
Tamsulosin - finasteride

42. Cryptococcus neoformans
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Trastuzumab

43. Neural tube defect prevention
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vitamin D supplementation
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Folate

44. Tonic - clonic seizures
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Benzodiazepines
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

45. Pheochromocytoma
Spironolactone
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine
Demeclocycline - lithium

46. Sickle cell anemia
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Heparin
Vitamin D supplementation

47. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Folate
Protamine sulfate

48. Immediate anticoagulation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Flutamide
Heparin

49. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Sumatriptan
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

50. Temporal arteritis
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Folate
High - dose steroids
Beta- interferon