Classic Treatments

Question 1

Absence seizures

Answer 1

Ethosuxamide

Question 2

Acute gout attack

Answer 2

NSAIDs, colchicine

Question 3

acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)

Answer 3

ATRA (all trans retinoic acid)

Question 4

ADHD

Answer 4

Methylphenidate, amphetamines

Question 5

Alcohol abuse

Answer 5

AA+disulfiram for pt and Al-Anon for family

Question 6

Alcohol withdrawal

Answer 6

Benzodiazepines

Question 7

Anorexia

Answer 7

SSRIs

Question 8

Anticoagulation given during pregnancy

Answer 8

Heparin

Question 9

Anxiety

Answer 9

Buspirone

Question 10

Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Answer 10

Class IB (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

Question 11

B12 deficiency

Answer 11

B12

Question 12

BPH

Answer 12

Tamsulosin, finasteride

Question 13

Bipolar disorder

Answer 13

Li, valproate, carbamazepine

Question 14

Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

Answer 14

Aromatase inhibitor

Question 15

Buerger’s disease

Answer 15

smoking cessation

Question 16

bulimia

Answer 16

SSRIs

Question 17

Candida albicans

Answer 17

Amphotericin B (systemic), Nystatin (oral/throat)

Question 18

Carcinoid syndrome

Answer 18

Octreotide

Question 19

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 19

Doxycycline (+ceftriaxone if gonorrhea too)

Erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

Question 20

Chronic gout

Answer 20

Probenecid (for underexcretors)

Allopurinol (for overproducers)

Question 21

Chronic hepatitis

Answer 21

IFN-a

Question 22

CML

Answer 22

Imatinib

Question 23

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 23

Antitoxin (not antibiotics!)

Question 24

C diff

Answer 24

oral metronidazole

Question 25

Clostridium tetani

Answer 25

Antitoxin + vaccine boost + diazepam

Question 26

Crohn's disease

Answer 26

CXS, infliximab

Question 27

Cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 27

Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS)

Question 28

Cystic Fibrosis

Answer 28

N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobra/azithromycin)

Question 29

CMV

Answer 29

ganciclovir

Question 30

Depression

Answer 30

SSRIs

Question 31

Diabetes insipidus

Answer 31

Desmopressin (central) Hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Question 32

DM type I

Answer 32

Diet + insulin

Question 33

DM type II

Answer 33

diet + exercise (insulin if not working)

Question 34

DKA

Answer 34

Fluids, K, insulin

Question 35

Enterococci

Answer 35

Vancomycin/ampicillin+aminoglycoside

Question 36

ED

Answer 36

sildenafil

Question 37

ER+ breast cancer

Answer 37

tamoxifen

Question 38

ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Answer 38

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Question 39

Folate deficiency

Answer 39

folic acid

Question 40

Haemophilus influenza (type B)

Answer 40

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Question 41

hemorrhagic cystitis

Answer 41

mesna

Question 42

heparin toxicity

Answer 42

protamine sulfate

Question 43

HER2/neu+ breast cancer

Answer 43

trastuzumab

Question 44

hyperaldosteronism

Answer 44

spironolactone

Question 45

hypercholesterolemia

Answer 45

statin

Question 46

hyperTG

Answer 46

fibrate

Question 47

need immediate anticoagulation

Answer 47

heparin

Question 48

infertility

Answer 48

leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile)

Question 49

Influenza

Answer 49

Oseltamivir

Question 50

Legionella

Answer 50

erythromycin

Question 51

long-term anticoagulation

Answer 51

warfarin

Question 52

malaria

Answer 52

Chloroquine/mefloquine (blood schizont) Primaquine (liver hypnozoite)

Question 53

malignant hyperthermia

Answer 53

dantrolene

Question 54

medical abortion

Answer 54

mifeprostone

Question 55

migraine

Answer 55

sumatriptan

Question 56

MRSA

Answer 56

vanco

Question 57

Multiple sclerosis

Answer 57

B-interferon

Question 58

Myco TB

Answer 58

RIPE (rifampin, INH, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol)

Question 59

Neisseria gonorrhea

Answer 59

Ceftriaxone (+doxy if Chlamydia too)

Question 60

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 60

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin

Question 61

Neural tube defect prevention

Answer 61

folic acid

Question 62

Osteomalacia/Rickets

Answer 62

Vitamin D supplement

Question 63

want to close PDA

Answer 63

indomethacin

Question 64

want to keep PDA

Answer 64

PGE1

Question 65

Pheochromocytoma

Answer 65

selective a-antagonists (phenoxybenzamine, phentolamine)

Question 66

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Answer 66

TMP-SMX

Question 67

Prolactinoma

Answer 67

bromocriptine

Question 68

Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

Answer 68

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Question 69

Prostate CA

Answer 69

Flutamide

Question 70

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 70

Penicillin (ex: piperacillin)+aminoglycoside

Question 71

Pulmonary HTN

Answer 71

bosentan

Question 72

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 72

Doxycycline

Question 73

Ringworm infection

Answer 73

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Question 74

Schizophrenia (- symptoms)

Answer 74

5-HT2A antagonists (ex: olanzapine)

Question 75

Schizophrenia (+ symptoms)

Answer 75

D2 R antagonist

Question 76

SIADH

Answer 76

Demeclocycline, Li

Question 77

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 77

Hydroxyurea (incr HbF)

Question 78

Sporothrix scheckii

Answer 78

oral KI

Question 79

Stable angina

Answer 79

sublingual nitroglycerine

Question 80

Staph aureus

Answer 80

Methicillin, naficillin

Question 81

Strep bovis

Answer 81

penicillin prophylaxis

Question 82

Strep pneumo

Answer 82

Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic or pneumonia) vancomycin (meningitis)

Question 83

Strep pyogenes

Answer 83

penicillin prophylaxis

Question 84

Temporal arteritis

Answer 84

hi dose steroids

Question 85

Tonic clonic seizures

Answer 85

Valproic acid, carbamazepine, phenytoin

Question 86

Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 86

sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Question 87

Treponema pallidum

Answer 87

penicillin

Question 88

Trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 88

metronidazole

Question 89

Ulcerative colitis

Answer 89

5-ASA, infliximab

Question 90

UTI prophylaxis

Answer 90

TMP-SMX

Question 91

Warfarin toxicity

Answer 91

FFP + Vit K

Question 92

Wegener's granulomatosis

Answer 92

cyclophosphamide, CXS