Classic/Relevant Treatments

Question 1

Absence Seizures

Answer 1

Ethosuximide

Question 2

Acute gout attack

Answer 2

1) NSAIDs 2) Colchicine

Question 3

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)

Answer 3

All-trans retinoic acid

Question 4

ADHD

Answer 4

Methylphenidate, amphetiamines

Question 5

Alcohol use disorder

Answer 5

Alcoholic’s Anonymous + Disulfram, naltrexone, or acamprostate for patient. Alcoholic’s-Anonymous for patient’s family.

Question 6

Alcohol withdrawl

Answer 6

Benzodiazepines

Question 7

Anorexia

Answer 7

Nutrition; Psychotherapy

Question 8

Anticoagulation during pregnancy

Answer 8

Heparin

Question 9

Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Answer 9

Class IB antiarrhythmic (Lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

Question 10

B12 Deficiency

Answer 10

Vitamin B12 supplementation

Question 11

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Answer 11

Tasulosin, finasteride

Question 12

Bipolar Disorder

Answer 12

Lithium, Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine (Mood Stabilizers)

Question 13

Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman

Answer 13

Aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole

Question 14

Buerger disease

Answer 14

Smoking Cessation

Question 15

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 15

SSRI

Question 16

Candida albicans

Answer 16

Amphotericin B (systemically); nystatin (oral thrush); azoles (vaginitis)

Question 17

Cacinoid syndrome

Answer 17

Octreotide

Question 18

Chlamydia tracomatis

Answer 18

Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)

Question 19

Chronic Gout

Answer 19

Probenecid (underexcretor); Allopurinol (Overproducer); febuxostat

Question 20

Chronic Hepatitis

Answer 20

INF-alpha

Question 21

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

Answer 21

Imatinib

Question 22

Clostridium Botulinum

Answer 22

Antitoxin

Question 23

Clostridium difficile

Answer 23

Oral metronidazole; if refractory, oral vancomycin

Question 24

Clostridium Tetani

Answer 24

Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diezepam

Question 25

CMV

Answer 25

gangcyclovir

Question 26

Crohn Disease

Answer 26

corticosteroids, infliximab, methtrexate, azathioprine

Question 27

Cryptococcus neoformans

Answer 27

fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

Question 28

Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis

Answer 28

Mensa

Question 29

Depression

Answer 29

SSRI (first line)

Question 30

Diabetes insipidus

Answer 30

DDAVP (central DI); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Question 31

Diabetes mellitus type 1

Answer 31

Dietary intervention (low sugar) + insulin replacement

Question 32

Diabetes mellitus type 2

Answer 32

Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemics, and insulin (if refractory)

Question 33

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Answer 33

Fluids, insulin, Potassium

Question 34

Enterococci

Answer 34

Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

Question 35

Erectile dysfunction

Answer 35

Sildenafil, Vardenafil

Question 36

Estrogen Receptor + breast cancer

Answer 36

Tamoxifen

Question 37

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Answer 37

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Question 38

Haemophilus influenza B

Answer 38

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Question 39

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 39

Buspirone

Question 40

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)

Answer 40

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

Question 41

Heparin toxicity (acute)

Answer 41

Protamine sulfate

Question 42

HER2/neu + breast cancer

Answer 42

Trastuzumab

Question 43

Hyperaldosteronism

Answer 43

Spironolactone

Question 44

Hypercholesterolemia

Answer 44

Statin (First line)

Question 45

Immediate anticoagulation

Answer 45

Heparin

Question 46

Infertility

Answer 46

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile), clomiphene

Question 47

Influenza

Answer 47

Rimantadine, Oseltamivir

Question 48

Legionella pneumonia

Answer 48

Erythromycin

Question 49

Long-term anticoagulation

Answer 49

Warfarin

Question 50

Malaria

Answer 50

Chloroquine/Mefloquine (for blood schizont); primaquine (for liver hypnozoite)

Question 51

Malignant Hypertension

Answer 51

Dantrolene

Question 52

Medical abortion

Answer 52

Mifepristone

Question 53

Migraine

Answer 53

Sumatriptan

Question 54

MRSA

Answer 54

Vancomycin

Question 55

Multiple Sclerosis

Answer 55

beta-interferon, immunosuppression, natalizumab

Question 56

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 56

RIPE (Rifampin, INH, pyrazinamide, ethambutol)

Question 57

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 57

ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover chlamydia co-infection)

Question 58

Neural tube defect prevention

Answer 58

Prenatal Folic Acid

Question 59

Osteomalacia/rickets

Answer 59

Vitamin D supplementation

Question 60

Osteoporosis

Answer 60

Bisphosphonates; calcium and vitamin D supplementation

Question 61

Patent ductus arteriosus

Answer 61

Indomethacin

Question 62

Pheochromocytoma

Answer 62

alpha-antagonists (Phenoxybenzamine)

Question 63

pneumocystis jirovecii

Answer 63

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

Question 64

Prolactinoma

Answer 64

Bromocryptine (dopamine agonists)

Question 65

Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids

Answer 65

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Question 66

Prostate carcinoma

Answer 66

Flutamide

Question 67

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 67

Antipsudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

Question 68

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (idiopathic)

Answer 68

Sildenafil, bosentan, epoprostenol

Question 69

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 69

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol (associated with aplastic anemia)

Question 70

Ringworm infections

Answer 70

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Question 71

Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

Answer 71

5-HT2A antagonist (2nd generation antipsychotics)

Question 72

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

Answer 72

D2 receptor antagonist (1st and 2nd generation antipsychotics)

Question 73

SIADH

Answer 73

Demeclocycline, lithium, vasopressin receptor antagonists

Question 74

Sickle Cell Anemia

Answer 74

Hydroxyurea (Increase Fetal hemoglobin)

Question 75

Sporothix schenckii

Answer 75

Oral potassium iodide

Question 76

Stable angina

Answer 76

sublingual nitroglycerine

Question 77

Staph aureus

Answer 77

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

Question 78

Strep bovis

Answer 78

Penicillin prophylaxis; evaluation for colon cancer if linked to endocarditis

Question 79

Streptococcus pyogenes

Answer 79

penicillin prophylaxis

Question 80

Temporal arteritis

Answer 80

high-dose steroids

Question 81

Tonic-clonic seizures

Answer 81

phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Question 82

Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 82

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Question 83

Treponema pallidum

Answer 83

Penicillin

Question 84

Trichomanas vaginalis

Answer 84

Metronidazole (patient and partner)

Question 85

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic doulourex)

Answer 85

Carbamazepine

Question 86

Ulcerative Colitis

Answer 86

5-ASA, infliximab, colectomy

Question 87

UTI prophylazis

Answer 87

TMP-SMX

Question 88

Warfarin toxicity

Answer 88

Fresh frozen plasma acutely | Vitamin K chronically