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92 Cards in this Set
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Absence seizures
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Ethosuximide
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Acute gout attack
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NSAIDs, Colchicine
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Acute promyelocytic luekemia (M3)
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All-trans retinoic acid
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ADHD
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Methylphenidate, amphetamines
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Alcohol abuse
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AA + disulfuram for patient and Al-Anon for family
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Alcohol withdrawl
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Benzodiazepines
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Anorexia
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SSRIs
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Anticoagulation during pregnancy
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Heparin
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Anxiety
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Buspirone
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Arrhythmia in damaged cardiac tissue
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Class 1B antiarrhythmic (lidocaine, mexiletine, tocamide)
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B12 deficiency
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B12
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia
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Tamsulosin, finasteride
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Bipolar disorder
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Lithium, valproate, carbamazepine (mood stabilizers)
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Breast cancer in postmenopausal woman
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Aromatase inhibitor
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Buerger's disease
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Smoking cessation
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Bulemia
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SSRIs
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Candida albicans
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Amphotericin B (systemic), nystatin (oral thrush, esophagitis)
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Carcinoid syndrome
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Octreotide (synthetic somatastatin)
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Doxycycline (+ ceftriaxone for gonorrhea coinfection), erythromycin eye drops (prophylaxis in infants)
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Chronic gout
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Probenecid (underexcretor), allopurinol (overproducer)
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Chronic hepatitis
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IFN-alpha
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia
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Imatinib (for Phyladelphia chromosone leukemias)
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Clostridium botulinum
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Antitoxin
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Clostridium difficile
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Oral metronidazole, or oral vancomycin as last resort
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Clostridium tetani
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Antitoxin + vaccine booster + diazepam
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Crohn's disease
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Corticosteroids, infliximab (TNF inhibitors)
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Fluconazole (prophylaxis in AIDS patients)
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Cystic fibrosis
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N-acetylcysteine +antipseudomonal prophylaxis (tobramycin/azithromycin)
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Cytomegalovirus
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Ganciclovir
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Depression
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SSRIs (first-line)
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Diabetes insipidus
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Desmopressin (central); hydrochlorothiazide, indomethacin, amiloride (nephrogenic)
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Diabetes mellitus type 1
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Dietary intervention (low-sugar) + insulin replacement
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Diabetes mellitus type 2
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Dietary intervention, oral hypoglycemic (metformin first-line [not to be used in kidney failure], ACE inhibitors [kidney protective]), and insulin (if still uncontrolled)
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Diabetic ketoacidosis
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Fluids!, insulin, K+ (psuedohyperkalemia)
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Enterococci
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Vancomycin/ampicillin + aminoglycoside
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Erectile dysfunction
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Sidenafil
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ER-positive breast cancer
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Tamoxifen
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Ethylene glycol/methanol intoxication
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Fomepizole (alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor), can also use ethanol as a competetive antagonist
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Folate deficiency
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folate
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Haemophilus influenzae (B)
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rifampin (prophylaxis), vaccinate
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Hemorrhagic cystitis
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Mesna (helps to avoid side affect of cyclophosphamide by binding toxic metabolite acroleine)
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Heparin toxicity (acute)
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Protamine sulfate
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HER2/neu-positive breast cancer
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Traztuzumab
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Hyperaldosteronism
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Spironolactone
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Hypercholesterolemia
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Statin (first-line)
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Hypertriglyceridemia
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Fibrate
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Immediate anticoagulation
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Heparin
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Infertility
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Leuprolide, GnRH (pulsitile)
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Influenza
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Amantadine/rimantadine (amantadine also used in PD)
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Legionella pneumophila
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Erythromycin
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Long-term anticoagulation
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Warfarin
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Malaria
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Chloroquinine/mefloquine (for blood schizont), primaquine (for liver hypnozoite [ovale and vivax])
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Malignant hyperthermia
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Dantrolene
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Medical abortion
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Mifepristone (MTX for ectopic pregnancy)
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Migraine
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Sumatriptan
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MRSA
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Vancomycin
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Multiple sclerosis
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Beta-interferon
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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RIPES (rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, streptomycin)
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Ceftriaxone (add doxycycline to cover likely concurrent chlamydia)
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Neisseria meningitidis
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Penicillin/ceftriaxone, rifampin (prophylaxis)
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Neural tube defect prevention
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folate
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osteomalacia/rickets
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vitamin D supplementation
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Patend ductus arteriosus (to close)
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Indomethacin
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Patent ductus arteriosus (to keep open)
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misoprostol
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Pheochromocytoma
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alpha-antagonists
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Pneumocystis jiroveci
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TMP-SMX (prophylaxis in AIDS < 200 CD4 count)
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Prolactinoma
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Bromocriptine (dopamine agonists)
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Prostate cancer/uterine fibroids
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Leuprolide, GnRH (continuous)
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Prostate carcinoma
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Flutamide
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Antipsuedomonal penicillin + aminoglycoside
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Pulmonary hypertension
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Bosentan
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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Tetracycline, chloramphenicol (especially in context of aplastic anemia)
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Ringworm infections
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Terbinafine, griseofulvin, imidazole
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Schizophrenia (negative symptoms)
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5-HT2A antagonists (e.g. olanzapine)
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Schizophrenia (positive symptoms)
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D2 receptor antagonist
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SIADH
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Demeclocycline, lithium
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Sickle cell anemia
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Hydroxyurea (increases HbF)
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Sporothrix schenckii
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Oral KI
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Stable angina
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Sublingual nitroglycerin
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Methicillin/naficillin
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Streptococcus bovis
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Penicillin prophylaxis
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Penicillin/cephalosporin (systemic infection, pneumonia) vancomycin (meningitis)
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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Penicillin prophylaxis
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Temporal arteritis
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High-dose steroids
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Tonic-clonic seizures
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Phenytoin, valporate, carbamazepine
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Toxoplasma gondii
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Sulfonamide + pyrimethane
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Treponema pallidum
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Penicillin
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Metronidazole (patient and partner)
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Ulcerative colitis
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5-ASA, infliximab
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UTI prophylaxis
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TMP-SMX
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Warfarin toxicity
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Fresh frozen plasma (acute), vitamin K (chronic)
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Wegner's granulomatosis
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Cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids
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