MEDICATIONS/TREATMENTS Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is the medication/treatment for OBESITY?
ORLISTAT BARIATRIC SURGERY (gastric band/gastric bypass)
What is the medication for SCHIZOPHRENIA?
CLOZAPINE (anti-psychotics)
What is the medication for HERPES?
ACICLOVIR (tablets 5 a day)
LIDOCAINE (cream for blisters)
PARACETAMOL (painkillers)
ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION
What is the medication for ASTHMA?
RELIVER INHALER
SPACER (if struggle with inhaler)
PREVENTER INHALER
What is the medication for ANOREXIA?
OLANZAPINE (helps anxiety)
SEROTONIN (anti depressant)
What is the treatment for TESTICULAR CANCER?
CHEMOTHERAPY RADIOTHERAPY ORICHDECTOMY (removal of testicle(s)) ULTRASOUND (diagnosis) TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT
What is the medication for GONORRHOEA?
AZITHROMYCIN
What is the medication for DIABETES TYPE 2?
METFORMIN
INSULIN INJECTIONS (two to four times a day)
INSULIN PUMP THERAPY (injection in you all the time and you can control/regulate blood glucose levels)
What is the treatment for BOWEL CANCER?
CHEMOTHERAPY
RADIOTHERAPY
COLECTOMY (open surgery)
LAPAROSCOPIC (key hole surgery)
What is the medication for BULIMIA?
SEROTONIN
What is the medication for CHLAMYDIA?
AZITHORMYCIN
What is the treatment for LEUKAEMIA?
CHEMOTHERAPY RADIOTHERAPY (to prepare body for bone marrow transplant) BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS STERILE ENVIRONMENT ANTIBIOTICS
What is the medication for STROKE?
EMERGENCY SURGERY
BETA BLOCKERS (dissolve clots)
ANTI-PLATELETS (make platelets less sticky)
THROMBOLYSIS
What is the treatment for BREAST CANCER?
CHEMOTHERAPY RADIOTHERAPY LUMPECTOMY (just removing lump) PARTIAL MASTECTOMY (preserving some breast) MASTECTOMY (removal of whole breast) MAMMOGRAM (diagnosis) ULTRASOUND (diagnosis)
What is the medication/treatment for DIABETES TYPE 1?
INSULIN INJECTIONS (two to four times a day) INSULIN PUMP THERAPY (injection in you all the time and you can control/regulate blood glucose levels)
