5.3 - Drugs for conditions

Question 1

How would you treat TB?

Answer 1

RIPE - rifampicin, isoniazide, pyrazinamide, ethanbutol

All for first 2 months and then RI for extra 4 months

Question 2

How would you treat a UTI?

Answer 2

Nitrofurantoin or Trimethoprim

Uncomplicated - trimethoprim 3 days

complicated - trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin 5 days

Question 3

How would you treat meningitis?

Answer 3

Vancomycin or ceftriaxone

Question 4

How would you treat C.difficile?

Answer 4

Vancomycin or metronidazole

Question 5

How would you treat legionnaires?

Answer 5

Floxacillin

Question 6

How would you treat atypical pneumonias?

Answer 6

Tetracyclines

Question 7

In penicillin allergies, what drug type would you use insteaD?

Answer 7

Tetracyclines

Question 8

How do you treat pyelonephritis?

Answer 8

Co-amoxiclav 14 day course

Question 9

How do you treat community and hospital acquired pneumonias?

Answer 9

Community - penicillin

Hospital - co-amoxiclav

Question 10

How do you treat malaria

Answer 10

quinine for p falciparum

Chloroquine for other species

Question 11

How do you treat enteric fever?

Answer 11

ceftriaxone for 1-2 weeks

Question 12

How do you treat brucellosis?

Answer 12

doxycycline and rifampicin

Question 13

How do you treat H pylori??

Answer 13

Clarithromycin and amoxicillin and Omeprazole 1 week

Question 14

Chlamydia

Answer 14

doxycycline

Question 15

gonorrhoea

Answer 15

ceftriaxone + azithromycin

Question 16

herpes

Answer 16

aciclovir

Question 17

syphillis

Answer 17

penicillin

Question 18

genital warts

Answer 18

vaccine. Clears by itself

Question 19

trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 19

metronidazole

Question 20

vulvovaginal candidiasis

Answer 20

nystatin or fluconazole

Question 21

bacterial vaginosis

Answer 21

metronidazole

Question 22

PID

Answer 22

ceftriaxone, metronidazole, doxycycline