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
Ethylene glycol/ methanol intoxication
Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)
Haemophilus influenzae (B)
Rifampin (prophylaxis)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Buspirone
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Cyclophosphamide, cortiocosteroids
Heparin toxicity (acute)
Protamine sulfate
HER2/neu + breast cancer
Trastuzumab
Hyperaldosteronism
Spironolactone
Hypercholesterolemia
Statin ( first-line)
Hypertriglyceridemia
Fibrate
Immediate anticoagulation
Heparin
Infertility
Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile), clomiphene
Influenza
Rimantadine, oseltamivir
Legionella pneumophila
Erythroycin
Long-term anticoagulation
Warfarin
Malaria
Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)
Malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Medical abortion
Mifepristione
Migraine
Sumatriptan
MRSA
Vacomycin
Multiple scelrosis
B-interferon, immunosuppression, natalizumab
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
RIPE (rifampin, INH, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ceftriaxone ( add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)
Neisseria meningitdis
Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis
Neural tube defect prevention
prenatal folic acid
Osteomalacia/rickets
Vitamin D supplementation
Osteoporosis
Bisphosphonates; calcium and Vitamin D supplementation
Patent ductus arteriousus
Indomethacin
Pheochromocytoma
a-antagonist ( phenoxybenzamine)
Pneumocystis jirovecii
TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine ( dopamine agaonists)
Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
Leuprolide, GnRH (coninuous)
Prostate carcinoma
Flutamide
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)
Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol
Rickesttsia rickettsii
Doxycycline, chloramphenicol ( associated with aplastic anemia)
Ringworm infections
Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole
Schizophrenia ( negative symptoms)
5-HT2A antagonists ( e.g. 2nd-generation antipyschotics)
Schizophrenia ( positive symptoms)
D2 receptor antagonist ( e.g., 1st and 2nd generation antipychotics)
SIADH
Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists
Sickle cell anemia
hydroxyurea ( increases fetal hemoglobin.
Sporothrix schenckii
Oral potassium iodide
Stable angina
sublingual nitroglycerin
Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins); MRSA : Vancomycin
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Penicillin/cephalosporin ( systemic infection, pneumonia), vancomycin (meningitis)
Streptococcus pyogenes
Penicillin prophylaxis
Temporal arteritis
High-dose steroids
Tonic-clonic seizures
Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine
Toxoplasma gondii
Sulfaadiazine + pyrimethamine
Treponema pallidum
penicillin
Trichomonas vaginalis
Metronidazole ( patients and partner_
Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)
Carbamazepine
Ulcerative colitis
5-ASA, infliximab, colectomy
UTI prophylaxis
TMP-SMX
Warfarin toxicity
Fresh frozen plasma (acute), Vitamin K (chronic)