Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards by Clayton Garthe

Absence seizures

Ethosuximide

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Acute gout attack

NSAIDs, colchicine

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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (PML)

All-trans retinoic acid

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ADHD

Methylphenidate, amphetamines, clonidine

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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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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Candida albicans

Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush, esophagitis)

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Carcinoid syndrome

Octreotide

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Chlamydia trachomatis

Doxycycline (7days) (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection) OR (Azithromycin x1 + ceftriaxone x1)

Erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

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Chronic gout

Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproducer)

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Chronic hepatitis

IFN-alpha

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Imatinib

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Clostridium difficile

Oral metronidazole, then oral vanc

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Clostridium tetani

Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

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Crohn’s disease

Corticosteroids, infliximab

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Cryptococcus neoformans

Flucytocine and Amphotericin first

followed by Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

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Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhage cystitis

Mesna

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Cystic fibrosis

N-acetylcysteine + antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

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Cytomegalovirus

Ganciclovir

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Diabetes insipidus

Desmopressin (central), hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

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Enterococci

Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside (gentamycin, streptomycin, tobramycin)

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Erectile dysfunction

Sildenafil, vardenafil

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ER-positive breast cancer

Tamoxifen

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Haemophilus influenzae (B)

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Generalized anxiety disorder

Buspirone

HER2/neu-positive breast cancer

Trastuzumab

Hyperaldosteronism

Spironolactone

Hypercholesterolemia

Statin (first line) (simvastatin, atorvastatin etc)

Hypertriglyceridemia

Fibrate (Gemfibrizol)

Immediate anticoagulation

Heparin

Infertility

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile)

Influenza

Rimantadine, oseltamivir

Legionella pneumophila

Erythromycin

Malaria

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

Medical abortion

Mifepristone

Migraine

Sumatriptan

MRSA

Vancomycin

Multiple sclerosis

Beta-interferon, immunosuppression, natalzumab Beta treat Natalz's MS Better treat Natalie's MS

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RIPE (Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ceftriazone ( +doxy for Chlamydia)

Neisseria meningitides

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)

Osteoporosis

Alendronate | Bisphosphonates; Calcium and vitamin D supplementation

Patent ductus arteriosis

Indomethacin

Pheochromocytoma

alpha-antagonist (e.g., phenoxybenzamine)

Pneumocystis jirovecii

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

Prolactinoma

Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)

Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Prostate carcinoma

Flutamide

Pseudamonas aeruginosa

Piperacillin/Tazobactam + Tobramycin or gentamycin Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside SM says: fluoroquinolones also

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)

Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol

Rickettsia reckettsii

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol

Ringworm infections

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

5-HT2A antagonists its atypical for Old closets to quietly risper from A to Z Olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine, risperidone, aripiprazole, ziprazidone

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

D2 receptor antagonists Try to Fly High Cheating Thieves are Low Trifluoperazine, Fluophenazine, Haloperidol (extrapyramidal SEs) Chlorpromazine, Thioridazine (antichol/musc SEs)

SIADH

Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists

Sickle cell anemia

Hydroxyurea (increases fetal hemoglobin)

Sporothrix schenckii

Oral potassium chloride

Streptococcus bovis

Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic, pneumonia) | Vancomycin (meningitis)

Temporal arteritis

High dose steroids

Tonic-clonic seizures

Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Toxoplasma gondii

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Treponema pallidum

Penicillin

Trichomonas vaginalis

Metronidazole (treat pt and partner)

Ulcerative colitis

5-ASA, infliximab

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX

Warfarin toxicity

Fresh frozen plasma (acute), Vitamin K (chronic)

Wegener's granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

Giardiasis

Metronidazole

Entamoebiasis

Metronidazole

Ascaris, enterobius, strongyloides

Bendazoles | Albendazole the Banisher of Aberrations!

Classic/Relevant Treatments Flashcards

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