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Rx - Acute gout attack

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NSAIDS, Colchicine

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Rx - Absence seizures

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Ethosuximide

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Rx - Acute promyelocytic leukemia

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All-trans retinoic acid

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Rx - ADHD

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Methylphenidate, amphetamines

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Rx - Alcohol abuse

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AA + disulfiram for patient and Al-Anon for family

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Rx - Alcohol withdrawal

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Benzodiazepines

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Rx - Anorexia

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SSRIs

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Rx - Anticoagulation during pregnancy

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Heparin

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Rx - Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

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Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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Rx - B12 deficiency

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Vit B12 supplementation (work up cause with Schilling test)

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Rx - Benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Tamsulosin (alpha-1a blocker), finasteride (5 alpha reductase inhibitor)

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Rx - Bipolar disorder

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Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabiliser)

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Rx - Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

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Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)

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Rx - Buerger’s disease

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Smoking cessation

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Rx - Bulimia

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SSRIs

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Rx - Candida albicans

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Amphotericin B (systemic)
Nystatin (oral thrush, oesophagitis)
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Rx - Carcinoid syndrome

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Octreotide

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Rx - Chlamydia trachomatis

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Doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhoea coinfection)

Erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis for infants)

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Rx - Chronic gout

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Probenecid (underexcretor)

Allopurinol (overproducer)

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Rx - Chronic hepatitis

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INF-alpha

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Rx - Chronic myelogenous leukemia

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Imatinib

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Rx - Clostridium botulinum

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Antitoxin

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Rx - Clostridium difficile

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Oral Metronidazole

If refractory, oral vancomycin

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Rx - Clostridium tetani

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Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

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Rx - Crohn’s disease

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Corticosteroids, infliximab

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Rx - Cryptococcus neoformans

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Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

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Rx - Cyclophosphamide-induced haemorrhagic cystitis

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Mesna

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Rx - Cystic fibrosis

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N-acetylcystiene + antipseudmonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

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Rx - Cytomegalovirus

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Ganciclovir

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Rx - Depression

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SSRIs - 1st line

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Rx - Diabetes insipidis

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Desmopressin (central)

Hydrochlorothiazide, indomethiacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

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Rx - Diabetes mellitis type 1

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Dietary intervention (low sugar)
\+ insulin replacement
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Rx - T2DM

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Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics and insulin (possible)

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Rx - Diabetic ketoacidosis

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Fluids, insulin, K+

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Rx - Enterococci

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Vancomycin/Ampicillin + aminoglycoside

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Rx - Erectile dysfunction

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Sildenafil, vardenafil

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Rx - ER positive breast cancer

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Rx - Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

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Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

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Rx - Haemophilus influenza (B)

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Rifampin (prophylaxis)

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Rx - Generalised anxiety disorder

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Rx - Heparin toxicity (acute)

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Protamine sulfate

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Rx - Her2/neu-positive breast cancer

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Trastuzumab

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Rx - hyperaldosteronism

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spironolactone

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Rx - hypercholersteronism

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Statin (first line)

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Rx - Hypertriglyceridemia

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Rx - Immediate anticoagulation

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Rx - Infertility

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Leuprolide, GnRH (Pulsatile)

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Rx - Influenza

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Rimantidine, oseltamivir

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Rx - Legionella pneumophilia

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Erythromycin

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Rx - Long-term anticoagulation

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Rx - Malaria

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Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont)

Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

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Rx - malignant hyperthermia

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dantrolene

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Rx - Medical abortion

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Mifepristone

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Rx - Migraine

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Sumatriptan

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Rx - MRSA

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Vancomycin

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Rx - Multiple Sclerosis

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Beta-interferon, immunosuppresion, natalizumab

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Rx - Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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RIPE - rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol

Liver toxicity, Eye damage - with ethambutol

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Rx - Niserria gonorrhoea

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Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent chlamydia)

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Rx - Neural tube defect prevention

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Prenatal folic acid

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Rx - Osteomalacia/rickets

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Vit D supplementation

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Rx - Osteoporosis

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Bisphosphonates, calcium + vit D suppmentation

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Rx - Patent ductus arteiosis

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Indomethacin

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Rx - Phaeochromocytoma

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Alpha-antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

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Rx - Pneumocystic jirovecii

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TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

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Rx - Prolactinoma

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Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

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Rx - Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

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Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

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Rx - Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

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Rx - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)

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Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol

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Rx - Rickettsia Rickettsii

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Doxycyclin, chloramphenicol (especially in the context of aplastic anaemia)

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Rx - Ringworm infections

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Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

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Rx - Schizophrenia (negative/positive)

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Negative: 5-HT2A antagonists (eg. second generation antipsychotics)
Positive: D2 receptor antagonists (e.g. first and second generation antipsychotics)

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Rx - SIADH

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Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists

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Rx - Sickle cell anaemia

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Hydroxyurea (incr fetal Hb)

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Rx - Sporothrix schenckii

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Oral potassium chloride

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Rx - Stable angina

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Sublingual nitroglycerin

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Rx - Staphylococcus aureus

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MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins)
MRSA: vancomycin

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Rx - Streptococcus bovis

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Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation of colon cancer if linked to endocarditis

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Rx - Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia)

Vancomycin (meningitis)

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Rx - Streptococcus pyogenes

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Penicillin prophylaxis

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Rx - Temporal arteritis

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High dose steroids

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Rx - Tonic clonic seizures

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Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazebine

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Rx - Toxoplasma Gondii

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Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

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Rx - Treponema pallidum

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Penicillin

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Rx - Tricomonas vaginalis

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Metronidazole (patient and partner)

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Rx - Ulcerative colitis

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5-ASA, infliximab

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Rx - UTI prophylaxis

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Rx - Warfarin toxicity

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FFP, and vitamin K (chronic)

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Rx - Wegener’s granulomtosis with polyangiitis

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Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

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