Classic Treatments EC Flashcards
Absence seizures classic treatment
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack classic treatment
NSAIDs
Colchicine
Acute myelocytic leukemia (M3) classic treatment
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)
ADHD classic treatment
Methylphenidate
Amphetimines
Alcohol abuse classic treatment
AA + disulfiram
Alcohol withdrawal classic treatment
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia classic treatment
SSRIs
Anticoagulation during pregnancy classic treatment
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue classic treatment
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 deficiency classic treatment
Vit. B12 supplementation (work up cause with Schilling test)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia classic treatment
Tamsulosin
Finasteride
Bipolar disorder classic treatment
Lithium
Valproate
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine
Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman classic treatment
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
Buerger’s disease classic treatment
Smoking cessation
Bulimia classic treatment
SSRIs
Candida albicans classic treatment
Amphotericin B (systemic) Nystatin (oral thrush, esophagitis)
Carcinoid syndrome classic treatment
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis classic treatment
Doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection)
Erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic gout classic treatment
Probenecid (underexcretor)
Allopurinol (overproducer)
Chronic hepatitis classic treatment
IFN-alpha
Chronic myelogenous leukemia classic treatment
Imatinib (TK inhibitor, blocks philidelphia chr. fusion)
Clostridium botulinum classic treatment
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile classic treatment
Metronidazole
Vancomycin (if refractory)
Clostridium tetani classic treatment
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
Crohn’s disease classic treatment
Corticosteroids
Infliximab (MAB to TNF-alpha)
Cryptococcus neoformans classic treatment
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis classic treatment
Mesna
Cystic fibrosis classic treatment
N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Cytomegalovirus classic treatment
Ganciclovir
Depression classic treatment
SSRI (first-line)
Diabetes insipidus classic treatment
Desmopressin (central)
Hydrochlorothiazide
Indomethacin
Amiloride (nephrogenic)
Diabetes mellitus type 1 classic treatment
Dietary intervention + insulin replacement
Diabetes mellitus type 2 classic treatment
Dietary intervention + oral hypoglycemics
+ insulin in advanced disease
Diabetic ketoacidosis classic treatment
Fluids + insulin + K
Enterococci classic treatment
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erectile dysfunction classic treatment
Sildenafil/Vardenafil
ER-positive breast cancer classic treatment
Tamoxifen (estrogen receptor blocker)
Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication classic treatment
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Haemophilus influenzae (B) classic treatment
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Generalized anxiety disorder classic treatment
Buspirone (5-HT1A antagonist)
Heparin toxicity (acute) classic treatment
Protamine sulfate
HER2/neu-positive breast cancer classic treatment
Trastuzumab (blocks her2/neu receptor)
Hyperaldosteronism classic treatment
Spironolactone (androgen antagonist + diuretic)
Hypercholesterolemia classic treatment
Statin (first-line)
Hypertriglyceridemia classic treatment
Fibrate
Immediate anticoagulation classic treatment
Heparin
Infertility classic treatment
Leuprolide (GnRH analog)
Pulsatile GnRH
Influenza classic treatment
Rimantadine
Oseltamivir
Legionella pneumophila classic treatment
Erythromycin
Long-term anticoagulation classic treatment
Warfarin
Malaria classic treatment
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont)
Primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Malignant hyperthermia classic treatment
Dantrolene (muscle relaxant by binding ryanodine receptor and inhibiting Ca release from SR)
Medical abortion classic treatment
Mifepristone (antiprogesterone & antiglucocorticoid)
Migraine classic treatment
Sumatriptan (5HT1d/1b agonist)
MRSA classic treatment
Vancomycin
Multiple Sclerosis classic treatment
Beta-interferon Immunosuppression Natalizumab (MAB to alpha-4 integrin)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis classic treatment
RIPE (Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae classic treatment
Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely Chlamydia)
Neisseria meningitidis classic treatment
Penicillin/Ceftriaxone
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Neural tube defect prevention classic treatment
Prenatal folic acid
Osteomalacia/rickets classic treatment
Vit. D supplementation
Osteoporosis classic treatment
Bisphosphonates
Ca and Vit. D
Patent ductus arteriosus classic treatment
Indomethacin
Pheochromocytoma classic treatment
Phenoxybenzamine (alpha antagonist)
followed by Beta blockade
Pneumocystis jirovecii classic treatment
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS)
Prolactinoma classic treatment
Bromocriptine (dopamine agonist)
Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids classic treatment
Leuprolide (GnRH agonist)
GnRH (continuous)
Prostate carcinoma classic treatment
Flutamide (androgen receptor antagonist)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa classic treatment
Penicillin + Aminoglycoside
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic) classic treatment
Sildenafil
Bosartan
Apoprostenol
Rickettsia rickettsii classic treatment
Doxycycline
Chloramphenicol (esp. w/ aplastic anemia)
Ringworm infection classic treatment
Terbinafine
Griseofulvin
Imidazole
Schizophrenia (negative symptoms) classic treatment
5-HT2a antagonist (second-generation anti-psychotics)
Schizophrenia (positive symptoms) classic treatment
D2 receptor antagonsists (first and second generation anti-psychotics)
SIADH classic treatment
Demeclocycline
Lithium
Vasopressin receptor antagonists
Sickle cell anemia classic treatment
Hydroxyurea
Sporothrix schenckii classic treatment
Oral potassium chloride
Stable angina classic treatment
Sublingual nitroglycerine
Staphylococcus aureus classic treatment
MSSA: Nafcillin, Oxacillin, Dicloxacillin
MRSA: Vancomycin
Streptococcus bovis classic treatment
Penicillin prophylaxis
If endocarditis evaluate for colon cancer
Streptococcus pneumoniae classic treatment
Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic or pneumonia)
Vancomycin (meningitis)
Streptococcus pyogenes classic treatment
Penicillin prophylaxis
Temporal arteritis classic treatment
High-dose steroids
Tonic-clonic seizures classic treatment
Phenytoin
Valproate
Carbamazepine
Toxoplasma gondii classic treatment
Sulfadiazine + Pyrimethamine
Treponema pallidum classic treatment
Penicillin
Trichomonas vaginalis classic treatment
Metronidazole (patient and partner)
Ulcerative colitis classic treatment
5-ASA
Infliximab
UTI prophylaxis classic treatment
TMP-SMX
Warfarin toxicity classic treatment
vit. K
Fresh frozen plasma
Wegener’s granulomatosis with polyangiitis classic treatment
Cyclophosphamide
Corticosteroids
