Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards
Absence seizures
ethosuximide
acute gout attack
NSAIDs, colchicine
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (M3)
all-trans retinoic acid
Alcohol use disorder
AA+disulfiram, naltrexone, or acamprosate for patient
Al-Anon for patient’s family
Alcohol withdrawal
benzodiazepines
anorexia
nutrition, psychotherapy
hypercoaguability during pregnancy
heparin
arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 def.
Vit. B12 (workup with Schilling Test)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
tamsulosin, finasteride
Bipolar disorder
Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
Buerger disease
smoking cessation
Bulimia nervosa
SSRIs
Candida albicans (3)
amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush), azoles
Carcioid syndrome
octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis (3)
doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhea), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in neonates)
Chronic gout (3)
probenecid (underexcretor)
allopurinol (overproducor)
febuxostat
chronic hepatitis
IFN-alpha
chronic myelogenous leukemia
imatinib
clostridium botulinum
antitoxin
c. difficile (2)
metronidazole, oral vancomycin
c. tetani
antitoxin+vaccine booster+diazepam
CMV
ganciclovir
Crohn’s disease (4)
corticosteroids, infliximab, methotrexate, azathioprine
Cryptococcus neoformans
fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
mesna
Depression
SSRIs
Diabetes insipidus (1a2b)
DDAVP (central)
HCT, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
DM type I
insulin, low sugar diet
DM type II
oral hypoglycemics, insulin if refractory, dietary/lifestyle intervention
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids, insulin, K+
enterococci
vancomycin/ampicillin+aminoglycoside
ER+ breast cancer
tamoxifen
ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)