Classic relevant treatments Flashcards by Al Murphy

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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ADHD

Methylphenidate, amphetamines

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Alcohol abuse

AA + disulfram for patient and Al-Anon for family

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Alcohol withdrawal

Benzodiazepine

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Anorexia

SSRIs

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Anticoagulation during pregnancy

Heparin

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Anxiety

Busprione

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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue

Class IB antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocainide)

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B12 deficiency

B12

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Tamsulosin, finasteride

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Bipolar disorder

Lithium, valproate, cabamazepine (mood stabilizers)

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Breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Aromatase inhibitor

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Buerger’s disease

Smoking cessation

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Bulimia

SSRIs

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

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Chronic gout

Probenecid (underexcretor), Allopurinol (overproducer)

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Chronic hepatitis

IFN-_

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Chronic myeloid leukemia

Imatinib

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Clostridium botulinum

Antitoxin

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Clostridium difficile

Oral metronidazole

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Clostridium tetani

Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam

Crohn's disease

Corticosteroids, infliximab

Cryptococcus neoformans

Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)

Cystic fibrosis

N-acetylcysteine +Antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)

Cytomegalovirus

Ganciclovir

Depression

SSRIs (first line)

Diabetes insipidus

Desmopressin (central); Hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)

Diabetes mellitus type 1

Dietary intervention (low sugar) + insulin replacement

Diabetes mellitus type 2

Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemia, and insulin (possible)

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Fluids, insulin, K+

Enterococci

Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside

Erectile dysfunction

Sildenafil

ER positive breast cancer

Tamoxifen

Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication

Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor)

Folate deficiency

Folate

Haemophilus influenzae (B)

Rifampin (prophylaxis)

Hemorrhagic cystitis

Mesna

Heparin toxicity (acute)

Protamine sulfate

HER2/neu-positive breast cancer

Trastuzumab

Hyperaldosteronism

Spironolactone

Hypercholesterolemia

Statin (1st line)

Hypertriglyceridemia

Fibrate

Immediate anticoagulation

Heparin

Infertility

Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsatile)

Influenza

Oseltamivir

Legionella pneumophila

Erythromycin

Long-term anticoagulation

Warfarin

Malaria

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

Malignant hyperthermia

Dantrolene

Medical abortion

Mifepristone

Migraine

Sumatriptan

MRSA

Vancomycin

Multiple sclerosis

_-interferon

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RIPES (Rifampin, INH, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol, Streptomycin)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent Chlamydia)

Neisseria meningitidis

Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)

Neural tube defect prevention

Folate

Osteomalacia/rickets

Vitamin D supplementation

Patent ductus arteriosus

Indomethacin

Pheochromocytoma

_-antagonists

Pneumocystis jiroveci

TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS patient)

Prolactinoma

Bromocriptine (domaine agonist)

Prostate cancer/Uterine fibroids

Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)

Prostate carcinoma

Flutamide

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antipseudomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside

Pulmonary hypertension

Bosentan

Rickettsia rickettsii

Doxycycline, Chloramphenicol (especially if context of aplastic anemia)

Ringworm infection

Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole

Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)

5-HT2A antagonists (e.g., olanzapine)

Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)

D2 receptor antagonists

SIADH

Demeclocycline, Lithium

Sickle cell anemia

Hydroxyurea (^ HbF)

Sporothrix schenckii

Oral KI

Stable angina

Sublingual nitroglycerin

Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin/naficillin

Streptococcus bovis

Penicillin prophylaxis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Penicillin/Cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia), Vancomycin (meningitis)

Streptococcus pyogenes

Penicillin prophylaxis

Temporal arteritis

High-dose steroids

Tonic-clonic seizure

Phenytoin, valproate, carbamazepine

Toxoplasma gondii

Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

Treponema pallidum

Penicillin

Trichomonas vaginalis

Metronidazole (patient and partner)

Ulcerative colitis

5-ASA, infliximab

UTI prophylaxis

TMP-SMX

Warfarin toxicity

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

Wegener's granulomatosis

Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids

Classic relevant treatments Flashcards

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