Treatments, USMLE Flashcards
Absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Acute gout attack
NSAIDs, colchicine
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
All-trans retinoic acid
ADHD
Methylphenidate, amphetamines
Alcohol use disorder
AA + disulfram, naltrexone, or acamprosate for patient. Al-Anon for patient’s family
Alcohol withdrawal
Benzodiazepines
Anorexia
Nutrition, psychotherapy
Anticoagulation during pregnancy
Heparin
Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
Class IB antiarrythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)
B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 supplementation (work up cause w/ Schilling test)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Tamulosin, finasteride
Bipolar disorder
Lithium, valproate, carbamzepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)
Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
Buerger disease
Smoking cessation
Buliminia nervosa
SSRIs
Candida albicans
Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush), azoles (vaginitis)
Carcinoid syndrome
Octreotide
Chlamydia trachomatis
Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
Chronic gout
Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproducer)
Chronic hepatitis
IFN-a
Chronic myelogneous leukemia
Imatinib
Clostridium botulinum
Antitoxin
Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin
Clostridium tetani
Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
CMV
Ganciclovir
Crohn disease
Corticosteroids, infliximab, methotrexate, azathioprine
Cryptococcus neoformans
Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
Mesna
Depression
SSRI (first-line)
Diabetes insipidus
DDAVP (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Dietary intervention (low sugar) + insulin replacement
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin (if refractory)
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Fluids, insulin, K+
Enterococci
Vanocmycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
Erectile dysfunction
Sildenafil, vardenafil
ER+ breast cancer
Tamoxifen