Classic Treatments Flashcards by Tabe J

Absence seizure

Ethosuximide

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Acute gout attack

NSAIDs, Colchicine, glucocorticoids

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Acute Promyelolytic Leukemia

All-trans retinoids acid

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ADHD

Methylphenidate, CBT, atomoxetine

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Alcoholism

Disulfiram, acamprosate, naltrexone, supportive care

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Alcohol withdrawal

Long-acting benzodiazepines

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Anorexia

Nutrition, psychotherapy, mirtazapine

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Anticoagualtion during pregnancy

Heparin

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class 1B anti arrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine)

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B12 deficiency

Vitamin b12 supplementation (work up cause with schilling test)

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Alpha-1 antagonists, 5alpha reductase inhibitors, PDE-5 inhibitors

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Bipolar disorder

Mood stabilizers (lithium, valproic acid, carbamazepine), atypical antipsychotics

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Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)

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Buerger disease

Smoking cessation

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Bulimia Nervosa

SSRI

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Candida Albicans

Topical azoles (vaginitis); nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (oral/esophageal); fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotericin B (systemic)

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Carcinoid syndrome

Octreotide

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Chlamydia trachomatis

Doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

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Chronic gout

XO inhibitors (allopurinol, febuxostat)

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Chronic Hepatitis B or C

IFN-a (HBV, HBC); ribavarin, simeprevir, sofobuvir (HCV)

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Imatinib

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Clostridium botulinum

Antitoxin

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C.difficile

Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin

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C.tetani

Antitoxin

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CMV

Ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidovir

Crohn Disease

Corticosteroids, infliximab, AZT

Crytococcus Neoformans

Fluconazole

Cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis

Mensa

Depression

SSRI

Diabetes insipidus

Desmopressin (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

Dietary intervention (low carbs) + insulin replacement

Diabetes Mellitus type 2

Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemic, and insulin (if refractory)

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Fluids, insulin, potassium

Enterococcus

Vancomycin, aminopenicillins/cephalosporins

Erectile dysfunction

Sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil

ER +ve breast cancer

Tamoxifen

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxification

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

H.influenza type B

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

GAD

SSRI, SNRI (first line), buspirone (second line)

Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener )

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

Heparin Reversal

Protamine sulfate

HER2/neu +ve breast cancer

Trastuzumab

Hyperaldosteronism

Spironolactone

Hypercholesterolemia

Statin (first-line)

Hypertriglyceridemia

Fibrate

Immediate anticoagulation

Heparin

Infertility

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile). Clomiphene

Influenza

Oseltamivir, zanamivir

Kawasaki Disease

IVIG, high dose aspirin

Legionella pneumophilia

Macrolides (erythromycin)

Long term anticoagulation

Warfarin, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban

Malaria

Chloroquine, mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil (for blood schizont) Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

Malignant Hyperthermia

Dantrolene

Medical abortion

Mifepristone

Migraine

Abortive therapies (sumatriptan, NSAIDs) Prophylaxis (propranolol,topiramate, CCBs, amitriptyline)

Multiple Sclerosis

DMA (B-interferon, natalizumab) Acute flares (IV steroids)

Mycobacterium TB

RIPE (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)

Neisseria Gonorrhea

Ceftriaxone + doxycycline

Neisseria Meningitidis

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)

Neural Tube defect prevention

Prenatal folic acid

Osteomalacia/ rickets

Vitamin D

Osteoporosis

Calcium/vitamin D supplementation (prophylaxis) Bisphosphonates, PTH analogs, SERMs, calcitonin, denosumab (treatment)

PDA

Close with indomethacin; open or maintain with PGE analogs

Pheochromocytoma

a-antagonists (phenoxybenzamine)

Pneumocystis jirovecii

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis)

Prolactinoma

Bromocriptine/Cabergoline (dopamine agonists)

Prostate Adenocarcinona/ Uterine Fibroids

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Prostate adenocarcinoma

Flutamide

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antipseudomanal penicillins, aminoglycosides, cabapenems

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)

Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol

Rickettsia rickettsii

Doxycycline, Chloramphenicol

Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

Atypical antipsychotics

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

Typical and atypical antipsychotics

SIADH

Fluid retention, IV hypertonic saline, conivaptan/tolvaptan,demeclocycline

Sickle cell disease

Hydroxyurea (increases fetal Hb)

Sporothrix schenckii

Itraconazole, oral potassium iodide

Stable angina

Sublingual Nitroglycerin

Staphylococcus aureus

MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (anti staphylococcal penicillins); MRSA: vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline

Streptococcus Bovis

Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis

Streptococcus pnuemoniae

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

Streptococcus pyogenes

Penicillin prophylaxis

Temporal arteritis

High dose steroids

Tonic-clonic seizures

Levetiracetam, phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Toxoplasma gondii

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Treponema pallidum

Penicillin

Trichomonas vaginalis

Metronidazole (both partners)

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)

Carbamazepine

Ulcerative colitis

5-ASA preparations (mesalamine), 6-mercaptopurine, infliximab, colectomy

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX

Warfarin Reversal

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