Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards by Enya K

Absence seizures

Ethosuximide

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Acute gout attack

NSAIDs, colchicine

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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)

All-trans retinoic acid

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ADHD

Methylphenidate, amphetamines

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Alcohol abuse

AA + disulfiram for patient and Al-Anon for family

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Alcohol withdrawal

Benzodiazepines

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Anorexia

SSRIs

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Anticoagulation during pregnancy

Heparin

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Anxiety

Buspirone

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class IB antiarrhythmic (Lidocaine, Mexiletine, Tocainide)

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B12 def.

B12

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Tamsulosin, finasteride

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Bipolar disorder

Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)

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Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

Aromatase inhibitor

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Buerger’s disease

Smoking cessation

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Bulimia

SSRIs

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Candida albicans

Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush, esophagitis)

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Carcinoid syndrome

Octreotide

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Chlamydia trachomatis

Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

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Chronic gout

Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproducer)

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Chronic hepatitis

IFN-alpha

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Imatinib

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Clostridium botulinum

Antitoxin

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Clostridium difficile

Oral metronidazole

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Clostridium tetani

Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

Crohn's disease

Corticosteroids = infliximab

Cryptococcus neoformans

Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

Cystic fibrosis

N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

Cytomegalovirus

Ganciclovir

Depression

SSRIs (first line)

Diabetes insipidus

Desmopressin (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Diabetes mellitus type 1

Dietary intervention (low-sugar) + insulin replacement

Diabetes mellitus type 2

Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemic, and insulin (possible)

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Fluids, insulin, K+

Enterococci

Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

Erectile dysfunction

Sildenafil

ER-positive breast cancer

Tamoxifen

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Folate def.

Folate

Haemophilus influenzae (B)

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Hemorrhagic cystitis

Mesna

Heparin toxicity (acute)

Protamine sulfate

HER2/neu-positive breast cancer

Trastuzumab

Hyperaldosteronism

Spironolactone

Hypercholesterolemia

Statin (first line)

Hypertriglyceridemia

Fibrate

Immediate anticoagulation

Heparin

Infertility

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile)

Influenza

Oseltamivir

Legionella pneumophila

Erythromycin

Long-term anticoagulation

Warfarin

Malaria

Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

Malignant hyperthermia

Dantrolene

Medical abortion

Mifepristone

Migraine

Sumatriptan

MRSA

Vancomycin

Beta-interferon

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RIPES (rifampin, INH, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, streptomycin)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

Neisseria meningitidis

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)

Neural tube defect

Folate

Osteomalacia/rickets

Vit. D supplementation

Patent ductus arteriosus

Indomethacin

Pheochromocytoma

alpha-antagonists

Pneumocystis jiroveci

TMP-SMX (Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole)(prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

Prolactinoma

Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Prostate carcinoma

Flutamide

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

Pulmonary hypertension

Bosentan

Rickettsia rickettsii

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)

Ringworm infections

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Schizophrenia ( negative symptoms: flat or blunted affect and emotion, poverty of speech (alogia), inability to experience pleasure (anhedonia), lack of desire to form relationships (asociality), and lack of motivation (avolition))

5-HT2A antagonists (olanzapine)

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms: delusions, disordered thoughts and speech, and tactile, auditory, visual, olfactory and gustatory hallucinations, typically regarded as manifestations of psychosis))

D2 receptor antagonists

SIADH

Demeclocycline, lithium

Sickle cell anemia

Hydroxyurea (increased HbF)

Sporothrix schenckii

Oral KI

Stable angina

Sublingual nitroglycerin

Staphylococcua aureus

Methicillin/nafcillin

Streptococcus bovis

Penicillin prophylaxis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia), vancomycin (meningitis)

Streptococcus pyogenes

Penicillin prophylaxis

Temporal arteritis

High-dose steroids

Tonic-clonic

Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Toxoplasma gondii

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Treponema pallidum

Penicillin

Trichomonas vaginalis

Metronidazole (patient and partner)

Ulcerative colitis

5-ASA, infliximab

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX (Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole)

Warfarin toxicity

Fresh frozen plasma (acute), vitamin K (chronic)

Wegener's granulomatosis

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids