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    Drugs of Choice or Drugs Used in Treatment.

    Note: Please refer your textbooks for the latest drugs that are now quoted by some textbooks as Drugs of choice for some of these conditions.
     
    H. Influenza Meningitis Chloramphenicol + Ampicillin
    H. Influenza Pneumonia Ampicillin
    Plague Streptomycin
    Paratyphoid Cotrimoxazole
    Typhoid Ceftriaxone/ Chloramphenicol
    Klebsiella Pneumonia Chloramphenicol, Mezlocillin, Cefotaxime
    Anthrax Penicillin
    Campylobacter Erythromycin
    Chancroid Tetracyclines or Streptomycin
    Granuloma Inguinale Streptomycin
    LGV  Tetracyclines
    Bartonellosis Tetracyclines
    Leptospirosis Benzyl Pencillin
    Chromoblastomycosis Fluocytosine 
    Cryptococcus Fluocytosine and Amphotericin- B
    Sporotrichosis Potassium Iodide
    Coccidioidomycosis Amphotericin B
    Toxoplasmosis Pyrimethamine ( a teratogen) 
    In Pregnancy- Sulphadiazine
    Pnemocystisis carinii Cotrimoxazole
    Giardiasis Tinidazole
    Chagas’ disease Nifurtimox
    Schistosomiasis Praziquantel
    Paragonimiasis Praziquantel
    Clonorchis Praziquantel
    Taenia saginata Praziquantel
    Taenia solium Niclosamide
    Echinococcus Mebendazole
    Diphyllobothrium Niclosamide
    H.Nana Praziquantel
    Enterobius  Mebendazole
    Toxocara Thiabendazole
    Larva migrans Thiabendazole
    Strongyloidosis Thiabendazole
    Dracontiasis Niridazole
    Trichuris Mebendazole
    Trichinella spiralis Thiabendazole
    Capillariasis Mebendazole
    Gnathostomiasis Bithinol
    Anaphylaxis Adrenalin
    Angina Gliceryl Trinitrate (Nitroglycerine)
    Supra Ventricular Tachycardia Verapamil
    Ventricular Tachycardia Lignocaine
    Ventricular Fibrillation D.C.Shock
    Complete Heart block Isoprenaline
    Whipple’s disease Tetracycline
    Tropical sprue Tetracycline
    Hypoparathyroidism Calciferol
    Hypercalcemia due to hypervitaminosis D Steroids
    Inappropriate secretion of ADH Demethyl chlor tetracycline
    C.M.L Busulphan
    C.L.L Chlorambucil
    Waldenstorm’s macroglobulinaemia  Chlorambucil
    Multiple Myeloma Melphalan
    Burkits lymphoma Surgery plus Cyclophosphamide
    Eaton – Lambert syndrome Guanidine
    Myotonic dystrophy Phenytoin
    Motion sickness ( of Short Duration) Scopolamine ( Hyoscine)
    Narcolepsy Amphetamine
    Cataplexy Tricyclic antidepressants
    Nocturnal eneuresis Imipramine
    Gilles De La Tourette syndrome ( multiple tics) Haloperidol
    Acute intermittent Porphyria I.V. Hemin
    Paget’s disease Calcitonin, Mithramycin, Etidronate disodium 
    Gout Acute Attack Colchicin
    Gout prophylaxis and chronic cases Allopurinol
    Kawasaki disease High Doses of Aspirin
    Dermatitis herpetiformis Dapsone/ Sulfapyridine 
    Erysipeloid Penicillin
    Urinary analgesic Phenazopyridine
    Malignant hyperthermia Dantrolene Sodium (induced by Halothane and Succinyl choline)
    Carcinoid syndrome with secondaries in liver 5 Fluouracil into the hepatic artery
    Carcinoid syndrome with repeated flushes Predinsolone
    Carcinoid lung Doxorubicin
    Strawberry lesion of Rectosigmoid Acetarsol Suppositary plus VitaminC
    Perianal Abscess Penicillin
    Sarcoma vagina Radiotherapy
    Meningococcal carrier state and prophylaxis Rifampicin
    Typhoid carrier state CTM
    Diptheria carriers Erytromycin
    Dequervains thyroiditis Aspirin
    Botulism Guanidine HCL
    Anribiotics for which resistant
    1. Organisms develop less often1. Chloramphenicol 
    2. Cloxacillin and Oxacillins 
    3. Rifampicin 
    4. Erythromycin 
    Antibiotics safe in renal failure with modified
    1. Dosage 1. Penicillin 
    2. Vancomycin 
    3. Cephalosporins 
    Physiological Antagonist to Histamine Adrenaline
    Septicaemia from Pyelonephritis Gentamycin
    Medium and Shortacting barbiturates intoxication Haemoperfusion with ion exchange resins
    Phenobarbitone and Barbitone ( Long Acting) poisoning  Haemodialysis
    Drug which may cause and is used in the treatment of Pseudo membraneous enterocolitis Metronidazole
    Phenothiazine Poisoning Promethazine
    Promethazine poisoning Diphenhydramine


 



 

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