Drug of Choice Flashcards by Nix Bustos

Q

MRSA

A

Vancomycin

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Organophosphate Toxicity

A

Atropine

Pralidoxime

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Opioid Toxicity

A

Naloxone

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Acute Rheumatic Fever

A

Penicillin G

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Myasthenia Gravis

A

Neostigmine

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Systemic Anaphylaxis

A

Epinephrine

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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A

Asparaginase

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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

A

All- trans Retinoic Acid

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and GIST

A

Imatinib (Gleevec)

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Pseudomembranous Colitis

A

Metronidazole/ Vancomycin

and discontinue offending antibiotic

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Enterobius vermicularis

A

Pyrantel pamoate

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Sickle Cell Anemia

A

Hydroxyurea (Increases HbF)

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Malassezia furfur

A

Miconazole

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Filariasis and eye worm disease

A

Diethylcarbamazine

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Strongyloides stercoralis

A

Ivermectin

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Trichinella spiralis

A

Thiabendazole

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Trematode infection

A

Praziquantel

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Neurocysticercosis

A

Praziquantel

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Echinococcus granulosus

A

Albendazole

Q

Taenia spp.

A

Praziquantel

Q

Ascariasis

A

Albendazole

Q

Oral candidiasis

A

Nystatin swish and swallow

Q

Cholera

A

Tetracycline

Q

Influenza A & B

A

Oseltamivir

CMV

Gancyclovir

Acyclovir/ Gancyclovir resistant CMV

Cifodovir

Intestinal and Extraintestinal Amoebiasis

Metronidazole

Prophylaxis and treatment for Pneumocystosis

Co-trimoxazole

Cryptosporidiosis

Nitazoxanide

Trichiuris trichiuria

Mebendazole

Hormone responsive Breast Cancer

Tamoxifen

Paroxysmal SVT

Adenosine

Malignant hyperthermia

Dantrolene

Ventricular arrythmias

Lidocaine

Torsades de pointes

Magnesium ion

PUD

Omeprazole

Tamoxifen resistant Breast Cancer

Anastrozole

Advanced Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Paclitaxel

Cestode infection

Praziquantel

Advanced West- African Sleeping Sickness

Eflornithine

Chaga's Disease

Nifurtimox

Leishmaniasis (except India)

Sodium stibogluconate

Toxoplasmosis

Pyrimethamine- sulfadiazine

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia

Direct thrombin inhibitors (Lepirudin, Argatroban)

Meningococcemia

Penicillin

Lead Poisoning

EDTA + Dimercaprol Succimer (if as out-patient)

Status Asthmaticus

Racemic Epinephrine | MgSO4