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First Aid: Classic/relevant Treatments

Subjects : health-sciences, first-aid

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1. Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
Dietary intervention (low - sugar) + insulin replacement
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)

2. Sporothrix schenckii
Fibrate
Oral KI
5- ASA - infliximab
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

3. Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Indomethacin
Statin (first - line)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)

4. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
IFN- a

5. Erectile dysfunction
SSRIs
Sildenafil
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Fibrate

6. Neural tube defect prevention
Amantadine/rimantadine
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Folate
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin

7. Ulcerative colitis
Fresh frozen plasma (acute) Vitamin K (chronic)
Heparin
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
5- ASA - infliximab

8. Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
SSRIs
TMP- SMX

9. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Corticosteroids - infliximab
SSRIs (first - line)
All - trans retinoic acid
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

10. Temporal arteritis
High - dose steroids
SSRIs
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Rifampin (prophylaxis)

11. Migraine
Methylphenidate - amphetamines
Sumatriptan
Statin (first - line)
Ethosuximide

12. Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Tamoxifen
Folate
SSRIs (first - line)

13. Anorexia
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
A - antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)
High - dose steroids
SSRIs

14. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Buspirone
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

15. Bulimia
Folate
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
SSRIs
Imatinib

16. Immediate anticoagulation
Octreotide
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Ethosuximide
Heparin

17. Crohn's disease
Leuprolide - GnRH (pulsatile)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
Corticosteroids - infliximab

18. Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Antitoxin
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Amantadine/rimantadine

19. Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Benzodiazepines
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
Sildenafil

20. Enterococci
Smoking cessation
Beta- interferon
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Amantadine/rimantadine

21. Wegener's granulomatosis
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids
TMP- SMX
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole
Vitamin D supplementation

22. Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Oral KI
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Heparin

23. Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Oral KI
Folate
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine - mexiletine - tocainide)

24. Diabetes insipidus
Central: desmopressin Nephrogenic: hydrochlorothiazide - indomethacin - amiloride
NSAIDs - colchicine
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

25. Bipolar disorder
Aromatase inhibitor
Lithium - valproate - carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
Leuprolide - GnRH (continuous)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

26. Hemorrhagic cystitis
High - dose steroids
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection - pneumonia) Vancomycin (meningitis)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

27. Sickle cell anemia
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fluids - insulin - K+
Hydroxyurea (? HbF)
Beta- interferon

28. Diabetes mellitus type 2
Folate
Dietary intervention - oral hypoglycemic - and insulin (possible)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)

29. Toxoplasma gondii
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Bosentan
Corticosteroids - infliximab

30. ADHD
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
D2 receptor antagonists
Methylphenidate - amphetamines

31. Alcohol abuse
Sumatriptan
Vancomycin
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
Amphotericin B (systemic) - nystatin (oral thrush - esophagitis)

32. Cystic fibrosis
N- acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Benzodiazepines
Octreotide
Bosentan

33. Chlamydia trachomatis
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) - erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

34. Long - term anticoagulation
Ganciclovir
Warfarin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Oral KI

35. Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Vancomycin
Bosentan

36. Stable angina
IFN- a
Sublingual nitroglycerin
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
TMP- SMX

37. UTI prophylaxis
Benzodiazepines
TMP- SMX
Folate
Methicillin/naficillin

38. MRSA
Spironolactone
SSRIs
Corticosteroids - infliximab
Vancomycin

39. Clostridium botulinum
Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine
Mesna (Mesna is used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria when a patient receives ifosfamide or cyclophosphamide for cancer chemotherapy)
Antitoxin
Cyclophosphamide - corticosteroids

40. Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (first - line)
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Penicillin/ceftriaxone - rifampin (prophylaxis)
B12

41. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Probenecid (underexcretor) - allopurinol (overproducer)
Tamsulosin - finasteride
Smoking cessation
Tamoxifen

42. Ringworm infections
Oral metronidazole
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
Imatinib
Terbinafine - griseofulvin - imidazole

43. Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Demeclocycline - lithium
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)

44. SIADH
Folate
Warfarin
Demeclocycline - lithium
Ethosuximide

45. Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
AA + disulfiram for patient and Al - Anon for family
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Protamine sulfate
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

46. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPES - rifampin - isoniazid - pyrazinamide - ethambutol - streptomycin
5- HT2A antagonists (e.g. - olanzapine)
Penicillin
Vitamin D supplementation

47. Hyperaldosteronism
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Dantrolene
Spironolactone
Aromatase inhibitor

48. Legionella pneumophila
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
B12
High - dose steroids
Erythromycin

49. Pneumocystis jiroveci
Folate
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
TMP- SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

50. Depression
Statin (first - line)
SSRIs (first - line)
Dantrolene
Folate