Classic Treatments-1st aid Flashcards
Absence seizures
ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDS, colchicine (allopurinol prevents)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All-trans retinoic acid
ADHD
methylphenidate, amphetamines
alcohol abuse
disulfram, AA
Alcohol withrdrawal
Benzodiazepine
anorexia
SSRI’s
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
arrythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
class IB antiarrythmics (lidocaine)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
tamulosin, finasteride
Bipolar disorder
Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in postmenopausal
aromatase inhibitor
Beuger’s disease
smoking cessation
Bulimia
SSRI’s
Candida albicans
Amphotercin B (systemic) and Nystatin (local)
Carcinoid tumor
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline +(ceftriaxone in gonorrhea, usually tx both)
Chronic gout
Allopuinol for overproducing and Probenacid for underexcreting
Chronic hepatitis
IFN alpha
CML
imatinib
Clostridium botulinium
Antitoxin
C. difficile
metronidazole, if refractory, oral vanco
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin+vaccine booster+diazepam
Crohn’s disease
Corticosteroids, infliximab
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (also used in prophylaxis in AIDS)
Cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Cystic fibrosis
N-acetylcysteine+antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
CMV
Ganciclovir
Depression 1st line
SSRI
Diabetes insipidus
Nephrogenic: HCTZ, indomethacin, amiloride
Central: desmopressin
DM type 1
Dietary intervention + insulin
DM type 2
Dietary/exercise intervention, oral agents, insulin if needed
DKA
fluids, insulin, K+
enterococci
vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside