Condition/Common Treatments Flashcards
Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDS, colchicine
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All-trans retinoic acid
ADHD
Methylphenidate, amphetamines
Alcohol use disorder
AA + disulfiram, naltrexone, or acamprosate for patient. Al-Anon for patient’s family
Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia
Nutrition, psychotherapy
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class 1B antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 deficiency
Vit B12 supplementation ( work up cause with Schilling test)
benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamsulosin, finasteride
Bipolar disorder
Lithium, Valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine ( mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in post menopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
Buerger disease
Smoking cessation
Bulimia nervosa
SSRI
Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin ( oral thrush), azoles (vaginitis)
Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline ( + ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) eryhtromycin eye drops ( prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol ( overproducer), febuxostat
Chronic hepatitis
IFN-a
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
CMV
ganciclovir
Crohn disease
Corticosteroids, infliximab, methotrexate, azathioprine
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole ( prophylalxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Depression
SSRIs
Diabetes insipidus
DDAVP (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention ( low sugar) + insulin replacement
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin ( if refractory)
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids, insulin, K+
Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erectile dysfunction
sildenafil, vardenafil
ER + breast cancer
Tamoxifen