Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards by Daniel Coquyt

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 use disorder

AA + disulfiram, naltrexone, or acamprosate for patient; Al-Anon for patient’s family

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Alcohol withdrawal

Benzodiazepines

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Anorexia

Nutrition, psychotherapy

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Anticoagulation during pregnancy

Heparin

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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B12 deficiency

Vitamin B12 supplementation (work up cause with Schilling test)

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Tamsulosin, finasteride

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Bipolar disorder

Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)

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Breast cancer in post-menopausal woman

Aromatase inhibitor (anastrazole)

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Buerger disease

Smoking cessation

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Bulimia nervosa

SSRI

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Candida albicans

Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush), azoles (vaginitis)

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Carcinoid syndrome

Octreotide

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Chlamydia trachomatis

Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea co-infection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

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Chronic gout

Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproduction), febuxostat

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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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Costridium difficile

Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin

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Clostridium tetany

Anti-toxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

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CMV

Ganciclovir

Crohn disease

Corticosteroids, infliximab, methotrexate, azathioprine

Cryptococcus neoformans

Fluconazole (prophylaxis in aids patients)

Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis

Mesna (antioxidant)

Depression

SSRIs (first-line)

Diabetes insipidus

DDAVP (central); HCTZ, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Diabetes mellitus type 1

Dietary intervention (low sugar) + insulin replacement

Diabetes mellitus type 2

Diet, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin (if refractory)

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Fluids, insulin, K+

Enterococci

Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

Erectile dysfunction

Sildenafil, vardenafil (PDE inhibitors)

ER+ breast cancer

Tamoxifen

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Haemophilus influenzae (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)

Hypertriglyceridemia

Fibrate

Immediate anticoagulation

Heparin

Infertility

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile), clomiphene

Influenza

Rimantidine, 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

Multiple sclerosis

B-interferon, immunosuppresion, natalizumab

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RIPE (rifampin, INH, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

Neisseria meningitidis

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)

Neural tube defect prevention

Prenatal folic acid

Osteomalacia/rickets

Vitamin D supplementation

Osteoporosis

Bisphosphanate; calcium and vitamin D supplementation

Patent ductus arteriosus

Indomethacin

Pheochromocytoma

alpha-antagonists (eg phenoxybenzamine)

Pneumocystis jirovecii

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

Prolactinoma

Bromocriptine (dopamine agonist)

Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

Leuprolide, GnRH (continous)

Prostate carcinoma

Flutamide (silent antagonist of androgen receptor)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

antiseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

Pulmonary artery HTN (idiopathic)

Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol

Rickettsia rickettsii

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol (associated with aplastic anemia)

Ringworm infections

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

5HT2A antagonists (eg 2nd generation antipsychotics)

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

D2 receptor antagonists (eg 1st and 2nd generation anti-psychotics)

SIADH

Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists

Sickle cell anemia

Hydroxyurea (increase fetal Hb)

Sporothrix schenckii

oral potassium iodide

Stable angina

Sublingual nitrogylcerin

Staphylococcus pneumoniae

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

Streptococcus pyogenes

Penicillin prophylaxis

Temporal arteritis

High-dose steroids

Tonic clonic seizures

Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Toxoplasma gondii

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Treponema pallidum

Penicillin

Trichomonas vaginalis

Metronidazole (patient and partner)

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)

Carbamazepine

Ulcerative colitis

5-ASA, infliximab, colectemy

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX

Warfarin toxicity

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