RR - classic/relevant treatments Flashcards
Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDs, colchicine
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All trans retinoic acid
ADHD
Methylphenidate, amphetamines
Alcohol abuse
AA + disulfram for patient, alanon for family
Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia
SSRIs
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainamide)
B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 supplementation (work up cause with Schilling test)
Benign prostate hyperplasia
Tamsulosin, finasteride
Bipolar
Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
Buerger’s disease
Smoking cessation
Bulimia
SSRIs
Candida albicans
Amphoteracin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush, esophagitis)
Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eyedrops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic gout
Probenicid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproducer)
Chronic hepatitis
IFN-a
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Imatinib
Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxine + vaccine booster + diazepam
Crohn’s
Corticosteroids, infliximab, 5-ASA (mild to moderate)
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Cystic fibrosis
N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
Cytomegalovirus
Ganciclovir
Depression
SSRIs (first line)
Diabetes insipidus
Desmopressin (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
T1DM
Diatary intervention (low sugar) plus insulin replacement
T2DM
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, insulin (possible)
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids, insluin, K+ repletion
Enterococci
Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil, vardenafil