Rheum Flashcards

1
Q
What is the first line medication for OA?
Second line?
3rd?
4th?
5th?
A
APAP
NSAIDs
Capsaicin cream
Steroid injections
Hyaluronic acid injections
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2
Q

What is essential in a gout work up and why?

How do you treat an acute attack?

A

Tap joint –> exclude infection

NSAIDs > Steroids > Colchicine

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3
Q

What are the side effects of colchicine?

What are the side effects of allopurinol?

A

Diarrhea/BM suppression = neutropenia

TEN/SJS

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4
Q

What medications do you stop in chronic goat?
What is the first line for a gout patient with HTN?
What are other choices?

A

Thiazides/ASA/niacin
Losartan
Allopurinol > febuxostat > Pegloticase > probenacid

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5
Q

What is DIP enlargement in OA called?

What about PIP enlargement?

A

Heberden nodes

Bouchard nodes

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