DRUGS OF CHOICE Flashcards
ANTIFUNGALS
Cutaneous candidiasis
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Tinea corporis
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Tinea cruris
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Tinea pedis
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Tinea versicolor
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Second line agent for onychomycosis (ringworm of the nails)
Ciclopirox olamine
Loprox
ANTIFUNGALS
Last option for systemic antifungal therapy due to nephrotoxocity
Amphotericin B
Fungizone
ANTIFUNGALS
Cryptococcal Meningitis
Fluconazole
Diflucan, Funzela
ANTIFUNGALS
Fungal Meningitis
Fluconazole
Diflucan, Funzela
SYNTHETIC ANTIBACTERIALS
Gastroenteritis caused by G. bacilli
Ciprofloxacin
SYNTHETIC ANTIBACTERIALS
1st choice for TB prophylaxis
Isoniazid
SYNTHETIC ANTIBACTERIALS
2nd choice for TB prophylaxis
Rifampicin
SYNTHETIC ANTIBACTERIALS
Short term TB
Pyrazinamide
SYNTHETIC ANTIBACTERIALS
Alternative to streptomycin
Sterile capreomycin sulfate
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Amebiasis
Metronidazole
Flagyl
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Giardiasis
Metronidazole
Flagyl
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Trichomoniasis
Metronidazole
Flagyl
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Alternative for Vancomycin in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis, anti-biotic induced diarrhea, and Clostridium difficile infection
Metronidazole
Flagyl
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Chaga’s disease
(Acute and Chronic)
Nifurtimox
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
African Trypanosomiasis
(Later Stages)
Melarsoprol
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
Various Leishmaniasis
Sodium Stibogluconate
ANTI-PROTOZOALS
African Trypanosomiasis
(Long term prophylaxis)
Suramin Sodium
ANTHELMINTHICS
Blood Flukes
Praziquantel
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Trichuris
- Albendazole
- Mebendazole
T-AM
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
- Hookworms
- Ascaris lumbricoides (round worm)
Hookworms: Ancylostoma duodenale (old-w) + Necator americanus (new-w)
- Pyrantel palmoate
- Albendazole
- Mebendazole
HA-PAM
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Strongyloides
Ivermectin
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Enterobius vermivularis
- Pyrantel palmoate
- Mebendazole
E-PM
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Trichinella
Mebendazole
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Cutaneous larva migrans
- Albendazole
- Ivermectin
C-AI
ANTHELMINTHICS: NEMATODES
Onchocerca volvulus
Ivermectin