Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards by Grenville Fernandes

Absence seizures

ethosuximide

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acute gout attack

NSAIDs, colchicine

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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (M3)

all-trans retinoic acid

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Alcohol use disorder

AA+disulfiram, naltrexone, or acamprosate for patient

Al-Anon for patient’s family

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Alcohol withdrawal

benzodiazepines

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anorexia

nutrition, psychotherapy

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hypercoaguability during pregnancy

heparin

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arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class IB (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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B12 def.

Vit. B12 (workup with Schilling Test)

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

tamsulosin, finasteride

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Bipolar disorder

Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine (mood stabilizers)

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Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)

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Buerger disease

smoking cessation

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Bulimia nervosa

SSRIs

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Candida albicans (3)

amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush), azoles

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Carcioid syndrome

octreotide

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Chlamydia trachomatis (3)

doxycycline (+ceftriaxone for gonorrhea), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in neonates)

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Chronic gout (3)

probenecid (underexcretor)
allopurinol (overproducor)
febuxostat

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chronic hepatitis

IFN-alpha

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chronic myelogenous leukemia

imatinib

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clostridium botulinum

antitoxin

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c. difficile (2)

metronidazole, oral vancomycin

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c. tetani

antitoxin+vaccine booster+diazepam

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CMV

ganciclovir

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Crohn's disease (4)

corticosteroids, infliximab, methotrexate, azathioprine

Cryptococcus neoformans

fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis

mesna

Depression

SSRIs

Diabetes insipidus (1a2b)

DDAVP (central) | HCT, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

DM type I

insulin, low sugar diet

DM type II

oral hypoglycemics, insulin if refractory, dietary/lifestyle intervention

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Fluids, insulin, K+

enterococci

vancomycin/ampicillin+aminoglycoside

ER+ breast cancer

tamoxifen

ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Haemophilus influenzae B

rifampin (prophylaxis)

Generalized anxiety disorder

busprione

granulomatosis with polyangiitis (wegener)

cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

Heparin toxicity (acute)

protamine sulfate

HER2/neu + breast cancer

trastuzumab

hyperaldosteronism

spironolactone

hypercholesterolemia

statin (first-line)

hypertriglyceridemia

fibrate

immediate anticoagulation

heparin

infertility (3)

leuprolide, pulsatile GnRH, clomiphene

influenza (2)

rimantadine, oseltamivir

legionella pneumophila

erythromycin

long-term anticoagulation

warfairn

malaria (2a1b)

chloroquine/mefloquine (for blood schizont) primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

malignant hyperthermia

dantrolene

medial abortion

mifepristone

migraine

sumatriptan

MRSA

vancomycin

multiple sclerosis (3)

IFN-beta natalizumab immunosuppresion

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (4)

RIPE: Rifampin, INH, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (2)

Ceftriaxone +doxycycline to cover chlamydia

neisseria meningitidis

Ceftriaxone/penicillin rifampin prophylaxis

neural tube defect prevention

prenatal folic acid

osteomalacia/rickets

Vit D

osteoporosis (1a2b)

bisphosphonates calcium/Vit D

PDA

indomethacin

pheochromocytoma

phenoxybenzamine

pneumocystis jirovecii

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

Prolactinoma

bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

prostate cancer/uterine fibroids (2)

Leuprolide | continuous GnRH

Prostate carcinoma

flutamide (competitive androgen receptor antagonist)

pseudomonas aeruginosa (2)

antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside | ceftriaxone???? yes or no? check

pulmonary arterial HTN (idiopathic)

bosentan (endothelin-1 blocker) epoprostenol (PGI2 analog) sildenafil

Rickettsia rickettsii (2)

doxycycline, chloramphenicol (assoc. with aplastic anemia)

Ringworm infections (3)

terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

schizophrenia (negative symptoms) schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

5-HT2A antagonists (2nd generation antipsychotics) D2 receptor antagonists (1st and second generation antipsychotics)

SIADH (3)

demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists

sickle cell anemia

hydroxyurea (increase HbF)

sporothrix schenckii

oral potassium iodidie

stable angina

sublingual nitroglycerin

staphylococcus aureus (2)

MSSA: nafcillin, oxacillin, dicloxacillin (antistaphylococcal penicillins) MRSA: vancomycin

streptococcus bovis

penicillin prophylaxis; eval for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis

streptococcus pneumoniae

penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia) vancomycin (meningitis)

streptococcus pyogenes

penicillin prophylaxis

temporal arteritis

high dose steroids

tonic-clonic seizures (3)

phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

toxoplamsa gondii (2)

sulfadiazine+pyrimethamine

treponema pallidum

penicillin

trichomonas vaginalis

metronidazole (patient and partner)

trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureaux)

carbamazepine

ulcerative colitis (3)

5-ASA infliximab colectomy

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX

Warfarin toxicity (2)

fresh frozen plasma (acute) vitamin K (chronic)

Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards

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