Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards
Absence Seizures
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
1) NSAIDs 2) Colchicine
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All-trans retinoic acid
ADHD
Methylphenidate, amphetiamines
Alcohol use disorder
Alcoholic’s Anonymous + Disulfram, naltrexone, or acamprostate for patient. Alcoholic’s-Anonymous for patient’s family.
Alcohol withdrawl
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia
Nutrition; Psychotherapy
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (Lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 Deficiency
Vitamin B12 supplementation
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Tasulosin, finasteride
Bipolar Disorder
Lithium, Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine (Mood Stabilizers)
Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole
Buerger disease
Smoking Cessation
Bulimia nervosa
SSRI
Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemically); nystatin (oral thrush); azoles (vaginitis)
Cacinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Chlamydia tracomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic Gout
Probenecid (underexcretor); Allopurinol (Overproducer); febuxostat
Chronic Hepatitis
INF-alpha
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Imatinib
Clostridium Botulinum
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Clostridium Tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diezepam
CMV
gangcyclovir
Crohn Disease
corticosteroids, infliximab, methtrexate, azathioprine
Cryptococcus neoformans
fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mensa
Depression
SSRI (first line)
Diabetes insipidus
DDAVP (central DI); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low sugar) + insulin replacement
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin (if refractory)
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Fluids, insulin, Potassium
Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil, Vardenafil