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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonists
Smoking cessation
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

2. ADHD
NSAIDs - colchicine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

3. Anxiety
SSRIs
Oral metronidazole
Buspirone
Spironolactone

4. Diabetes mellitus type 1
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Beta- interferon
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

5. Pheochromocytoma
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Fibrate

6. Folate deficiency
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Folate
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Imatinib

7. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
High - dose steroids
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ethosuximide

8. Streptococcus bovis
Ganciclovir
Penicillin prophylaxis
Folate
Metronidazole (patient and partner)

9. Pulmonary hypertension
Bosentan
SSRIs (first - line)
Heparin
Heparin

10. Chronic gout
Sumatriptan
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)

11. MRSA
Oral KI
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

12. Prolactinoma
Buspirone
Amantadine/rimantadine
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

13. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Octreotide
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

14. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Bosentan
Tamsulosin - finasteride
All - trans retinoic acid
Octreotide

15. Stable angina
Sublingual nitroglycerin
NSAIDs - colchicine
Amantadine/rimantadine
SSRIs (first - line)

16. Bulimia
Octreotide
Trastuzumab
SSRIs
Tamoxifen

17. Immediate anticoagulation
D2 receptor antagonists
Vitamin D supplementation
Spironolactone
Heparin

18. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)
Beta- interferon
SSRIs
Aromatase inhibitor

19. Enterococci
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

20. Buerger's disease
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Smoking cessation
Dantrolene
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride

21. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Antitoxin
D2 receptor antagonists
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

22. Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)
Protamine sulfate
5- ASA - infliximab
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

23. Patent ductus arteriosus
All - trans retinoic acid
Spironolactone
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
Indomethacin

24. Tonic - clonic seizures
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Trastuzumab
Phenytoin - valproate - carbamazepine

25. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
5- ASA - infliximab
Indomethacin

26. Streptococcus pyogenes
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Penicillin prophylaxis
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

27. Migraine
Sumatriptan
All - trans retinoic acid
Vancomycin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)

28. Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids - insulin - K+
Penicillin prophylaxis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
TMP- SMX

29. Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer
Flutamide
IFN- a
Tamoxifen
Tamsulosin - finasteride

30. Alcohol withdrawal
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX

31. Cystic fibrosis
Statin (first - line)
Octreotide
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

32. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
Dantrolene
Smoking cessation
High - dose steroids
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

33. Influenza
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Amantadine/rimantadine
Corticosteroids - infliximab

34. Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Ethosuximide
Tamsulosin - finasteride

35. Trichomonas vaginalis
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement

36. Osteomalacia/rickets
Trastuzumab
Vancomycin
Oral KI
Vitamin D supplementation

37. Sporothrix schenckii
Tamoxifen
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI

38. Pneumocystis jiroveci
SSRIs
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
SSRIs
TMP- SMX

39. Absence seizures
Tetracycline - chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
All - trans retinoic acid
Ethosuximide
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

40. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
All - trans retinoic acid
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
SSRIs
5- ASA - infliximab

41. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Ganciclovir
Heparin
High - dose steroids

42. Depression
SSRIs (first - line)
Flutamide
Oral KI
Fluids - insulin - K+

43. Staphylococcus aureus
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
Erythromycin
Folate
Methicillin/naficillin

44. Medical abortion
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Sumatriptan
Mifepristone
Oral metronidazole

45. Crohn's disease
Indomethacin
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Bosentan
Corticosteroids - infliximab

46. Cytomegalovirus
Amantadine/rimantadine
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Ganciclovir

47. Long - term anticoagulation
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Heparin
Warfarin
Octreotide

48. Legionella pneumophila
Smoking cessation
Erythromycin
Amantadine/rimantadine
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)

49. Multiple sclerosis
Beta- interferon
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Octreotide
Antitoxin

50. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Flutamide
Imatinib
SSRIs
Fibrate