DRUGS AND USES

Question 1

LEPTOSPIROS

Answer 1

DOXY - PROPHYLACTIC (PREVENTION) 200 MG WEEKLY
PEN G - SEVERE CASES
ERYTHROMYCIN / TETRACLINE - ALLERGY

Question 2

MALARIA

Answer 2

QUININE - OLDEST DRUG
CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS - CHLOROQUINE (WEEKLY)
1-2 WEEKS BEFORE ENTERING THE ENDEMIC AREA

Question 2

SULFADOXINE-PYREMETHAMINE

Answer 2

ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS FOR PREGNANT AND INFANTS

Question 3

Schisto/Snail Fever/ Katayama fever/ Bilharziasis

Answer 3

BILTRICIDE (PRAZIQUANTEL)

Question 3

FILARIASIS / ELEPHANTHIASIS

Answer 3

HETRAZAN/ DIETHYL - DRUG OF CHOICE
IVERMECTIN
ABENDAZOLE
No treatment to reverse elephantiasis

Question 4

DENGUE “Breakbone fever”

Answer 4

epistaxis (NOSE BLEED)
Oresol
paracetamol for Fever

Question 5

RABIES/ LYSSA HYDROPHOBIA/ LA RAGE

Answer 5

ENCEPHALITIS (INFECTION OF THE BRAIN)
2-3 WEEKS Incubation Period

Question 6

CHOLERA “Blue Death” - Washer woman hands

Answer 6

DOF: TETRACYCLINE

Question 7

HEPA A (food/water borne) RUQ

Answer 7

No Specific Treatment

Question 7

SALMONELLOSIS (food/water borne)

Answer 7

Antibiotic: AZITHROMYCIN
CIPRO/CEFTRIAXONE

Question 8

Botulism - aused by a toxin that attacks the body’s nerves and causes difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis, and even death. The toxin is made by Clostridium botulinum and related bacteria.

Answer 8

ANTITOXIN