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1
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Absence Seizures

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Ethosuximide, VPA if with tonic-clonic

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Acute Gout Attack

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NSAIDs, Colchicine

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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (M3)

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All-trans vitamin A (Retinoic Acid)

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ADHD

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Methylphenidate, amphetamines

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Alcohol Abuse

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AA + disulfiram

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Alcohol Withdrawal

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Benzos

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7
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Anorexia

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SSRIs (Really?)

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8
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Anticoagulation during Pregnancy

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Heparin

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9
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GAD

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Buspirone

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

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Class IB (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainamide)

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11
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B12 deficiency

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B12 (I don’t buy it)

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12
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BPH

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Tamsulosin, Finasteride

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13
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Bipolar Disorder

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Li, VPA, Carbamazepine

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14
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Breast Cancer in Post-menopausal woman

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Aromatase inhibitors

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15
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Buerger’s disease

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Smoking cessation (thromboangiitis obliterans)

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16
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Bulimia

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SSRIs

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17
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Candida

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Systemic? Amphotericin B, Nystatin (thrush, esophagitis)

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18
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Carcinoid syndrome

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Octreotide

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19
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Chlamydia Trachomatis

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Doxycycline or azithromycin (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (ppx for infants)

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20
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Chronic Gout

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Allopurinol (overproducers), Probenecid (underexcretor)

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21
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Chronic Hepatitis

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IFN-alpha

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22
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CML

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Imatinib

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23
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Clostridium Botulinum

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Antitoxin

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24
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C. Difficile

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PO metronidazole/ PO Vancomycin

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25
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C. Tetani

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Antitoxin, vaccine booster, diazepam

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26
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Crohn’s disease

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corticosteroids, infliximab (anti TNF)

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27
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Cryptococcus Neoformans

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Fluconazole (ppx in AIDS)

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28
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Cystic Fibrosis

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N-Acetylcysteine and anti-pseudomonal ppx (tobramycin/azithromycin)

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29
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CMV

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Ganciclovir

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30
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Depression

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SSRIs

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31
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DI

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Desmopressin (central); HCTZ, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

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32
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TIDM

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Dietary intervention (low sugar), insulin

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33
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TIIDM

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Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, insulin

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34
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DKA

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Fluids, insulin, K

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35
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Enterococcus

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Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminglycoside

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36
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Erectile dysfunction

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Sildenafil

37
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ER-positive breast cancer

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Tamoxifen, raloxifene

38
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Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

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Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

39
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H. Flu B

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Rifampin Ppx

40
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Hemorrhagic cystitis

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Mesna

41
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Heparin toxicity (rare)

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Protamine Sulfate

42
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HER2/new-positive breast cancer

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Trastuzumab

43
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Hyperaldosteronism

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Spironolactone

44
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Hypercholesterolemia

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Statins (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, decrease endogenous cholesterol synthesis and increase LDLR)

45
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Hypertriglyderidemia

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Fibrates

46
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Immediate anticoagulation

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Heparin

47
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Infertility

A

Pulsatile Leuprolide

48
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Influenza

A

Amantadine/rimantadine

49
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Legionella pneumophila

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Erythromycin

50
Q

Long-term anticoagulation

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Warfarin

51
Q

Malaria

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Chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont); primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

52
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Malignant Hyperthermia

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Dantrolene- decreases intracellular Ca by binding to ryanodine receptor and uncoupling excitation and contraction of skeletal muscles

53
Q

Medical Abortion

A

Mifepristone (anti-progestin) and misoprostol (Prostaglandin analog)

54
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Migraine

A

Triptans (vasoconstrictors)

55
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MRSA

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Vancomycin

56
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MS

A

Beta interferon

57
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TB

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Rifampin, INH, pyrazinmide, ethambutol, streptomycin (RIPES)

58
Q

Neisseria Gonorrheae

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Ceftriaxone (add doxy or azithro for CT)

59
Q

Neisseria Meningitidis

A

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin for ppx

60
Q

PDA

A

Indomethacin to close, misoprostol to keep open

61
Q

Pheochromocytoma

A

alpha antagonists

62
Q

PCP

A

TMP-SMX ppx

63
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Prolactinoma

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Bromocriptine (DA agonist)

64
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Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

A

Continuous leuprolide

65
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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

A

Antipseudomonal penicillin (pip tazo) + aminoglycoside

66
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Pulmonary Hypertension

A

Bosentan

67
Q

Ricketsia Ricketsii

A

Tetracycline, chloramphenicol (esp in context of aplastic anemia)

68
Q

Teniae (corporis, capitis, cruris, etc)

A

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

69
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Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

A

atypical antipsychotics

70
Q

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

A

typical antipsychotics

71
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SIADH

A

Demeclocycline, Lithium

72
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Sickle Cell Anemia/Beta thalassemia

A

hydroxyurea (increases HgbF)

73
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Sporothrix schenkii (sporotrichosis- rose handler’s disease)

A

oral KI

74
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Stable Angina

A

Sublingual Nitroglycerin

75
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Staph Aureus

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Methicillin/Nafcillin

76
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Strep Bovis

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Penicillin ppx (think colon cancer)

77
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Strep Pneumo

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Systemic/pneumonia? Penicillin/cephalosporin. Meningitis? Vancomycin

78
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Strep Pyo

A

Penicillin ppx

79
Q

Strep Agalactitiae

A

screen week 35-37, intrapartum PCN for ppx

80
Q

Temporal arteritis

A

high dose steroids

81
Q

Tonic Clonic Sz

A

Carbamazepine, VPA, phenytoin

82
Q

Toxoplasma Gondii

A

Sulfonamide + pyrimethamine

83
Q

Treponema Pallidum

A

PCN. Allergic? desensitize, then PCN

84
Q

Trichomonas

A

Metronidazole (pt and partner)

85
Q

Ulcerative Colitis

A

5-ASA, infliximab (anti TNF)

86
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UTI

A

TMP-SMX ppx

87
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Warfarin OD

A

FFP, Vit K

88
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Wegener’s

A

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

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