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
Estrogen Receptor + breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Haemophilus influenza B
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Buspirone
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)
Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids
Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
HER2/neu + breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Hypercholesterolemia
Statin (First line)
Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Infertility
Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile), clomiphene
Influenza
Rimantadine, Oseltamivir
Legionella pneumonia
Erythromycin
Long-term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Malaria
Chloroquine/Mefloquine (for blood schizont); primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Malignant Hypertension
Dantrolene
Medical abortion
Mifepristone
Migraine
Sumatriptan
MRSA
Vancomycin
Multiple Sclerosis
beta-interferon, immunosuppression, natalizumab
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPE (Rifampin, INH, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover chlamydia co-infection)
Neural tube defect prevention
Prenatal Folic Acid
Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Osteoporosis
Bisphosphonates; calcium and vitamin D supplementation
Patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
Pheochromocytoma
alpha-antagonists (Phenoxybenzamine)
pneumocystis jirovecii
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)
Prolactinoma
Bromocryptine (dopamine agonists)
Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)
Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipsudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)
Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol
Rickettsia rickettsii
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol (associated with aplastic anemia)
Ringworm infections
Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole
Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
5-HT2A antagonist (2nd generation antipsychotics)
Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonist (1st and 2nd generation antipsychotics)
SIADH
Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists
Sickle Cell Anemia
Hydroxyurea (Increase Fetal hemoglobin)
Sporothix schenckii
Oral potassium iodide
Stable angina
sublingual nitroglycerine
Staph aureus
MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins)
MRSA: vancomycin
Strep bovis
Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis
Streptococcus pyogenes
penicillin prophylaxis
Temporal arteritis
high-dose steroids
Tonic-clonic seizures
phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine
Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Treponema pallidum
Penicillin
Trichomanas vaginalis
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Trigeminal neuralgia (tic doulourex)
Carbamazepine
Ulcerative Colitis
5-ASA, infliximab, colectomy
UTI prophylazis
TMP-SMX
Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma acutely
Vitamin K chronically