Classic Treatments Flashcards
Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDs
Colchicine is second line
APML
All-trans retinoic acid
ADHD
Mehylphenidate
Amphetamines
Alcohol abuse
AA+disulfiram for patient
Al-Anon for family
Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia
SSRI’s
Anticoagulation in pregnancy
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12
Workup cause with Schilling test
BPH
Tamulosin
Finasteride
Bipolar disorder
Lithium
Valproate
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine
Breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Aromatase inhibitor such as anastrozole
Beurger’s disease
Stop Smoking
Bulimia
SSRI’s
Candida albicans
Amphotericin B for systemic
Nystatin for oral thrush and esophagitis
Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline or Azithromycin (plus ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection)
Erythromycin eye drops for prophylaxis in infants
Chronic gout
Probenecid in an underexcreter
Allopurinol in an overproducer
Chronic hepatitis
IFN-alpha
CML
Imatinib
Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
If refractory, oral vancomycin
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Crohn’s disease
Corticosteroids, infliximab
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Cystic fibrosis
N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
CMV
Ganciclovir
Depression
SSRI’s
Diabetes insipidus
Desmopressin (central)
Hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
T1DM
Dietary intervention + insulin replacement
T2DM
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin
DKA
Fluids
Insulin
K+
Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
ED
Sildenafil
Vardenafil
ER + breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Also can give ethanol
Haemophilus influenza B
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Buspirone
Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
HER2/neu positive breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Hypercholesterolemia
Statin
Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Infertility
Leuprolide
Pulsatile GnRH
Influenza
Rimantadine
Oseltamivir
Legionella pneumophila
Erythromycin
Long term anticoagulation
Warfarin