Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards
Absence Seizures
Ethozuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDs, colchicine
APML (M3)
All trans retinoic acid
ADHD
methylphenidate, amphetamines
Alcohol use disorder
AA + disulfiram, naltrexone or acaprasote, AA for family members
Anorexia
nutrition, psyhotherapy
anticoagulation during pregnancy
heparin
arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB
lidocaine
mexiletine
tocainide
B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 supplementations (work up with Schilling)
BPH
Tamsulosin (alpha 1 blocker, selective for prostate and not blood vessels, aka Flomax)
Finasteride (5alpha reductase inhibitor)
Bipolar disorder
Lithium Valproate Carbamazepine Lamotrigine (all mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in post-menopausal women
aromatase inhibitor: anastrozole
Buerger disease
smoking cessation
Bulemia nervosa
SSRIs
Candida
if systemic: Amphotericin B (makes pores in ergosterol)
if oral thrush: nystatin
(same mechanism as Ampho, but v. toxic so can only use topically)
if vaginitis: azoles
(block conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol)
Carcinoid
Octreotide
somatostatin analog
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea co infection)
Erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic gout
probenecid
(block uric acid reabsorption in kidney by saturating acid receptors)
Allopurinol or Febuxostat
(block xanthine oxidase)
Chronic Hepatitis
IFN-alpha
CML
Imatinib (Gleevec)
Clostridium botulinum
antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
oral metronidazole
vancomycin (if refractory to metronidazole)
C. tetani
antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
CMV
Ganciclovir (guanosine analog)
Chron’s
Corticosteroids
Infliximab (anti-TNF)
methotrexate
azathioprine
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Depression
SSRIs (first line)
Diabetes insipidus
Central: DDAVP (desmopressin)
Nephrogenic: HCTZ, indomethacin, amiloride
Type 1 diabetes
dietary intervention (low sugar) +insulin replacement
Type 2 diabetes
Dietary intervention
oral hypoglycemics and insulin therapy if refractory
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Fluids
Insulin
K+
Enterococcus
Vanco/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
*one way to remember this is that there are VRE (vanco resistant enterococci, treat with linezolid)
Erectile dysfunction
sildenafil, vardenfail
estrogen receptor positive breast cancer
Tamoxifen
ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)