Common Drugs of Choice

 

A List of Disease with First Line Treatment

1. Algia(pain)/pyrexia : Paracetamol

2. Acute bronchial- asthma : salbutamol

3. Acute gout : NSAIDS

4. Acute hyperkalemia : calcium gluconate

5. Severe DIGITALIS toxicity : DIGIBIND

6. Acute migraine : sumatriptan

7. Cheese reaction : phentolamine

8. Atropine poisoning : physostigmine

9. Cyanide poisoning : amyl nitrite

10. Benzodiazepine poisoning : flumazenil

11. Cholera : tetracycline

12. KALA-AZAR : liposomal amphotericin- B

13. Iron poisoning : desferrioxamine

14. MRSA : vancomycin

15. VRSA : LINEZOLID

16. Warfarin overdose : vitamin-K (NIPER- 2009)

17. OCD : fluoxetine

18. Alcohol poisoning : fomepizole

19. Epilepsy in pregnency : phenobarbitone

20. Anaphylactic shock : Adrenaline

21. MRSA Infection : Vancomycin

22. Malaria in Pregnancy : Chloroquine

23. Whooping Cough or Perteusis : Erythromycin

24. Kawasaki disease : IV Ig

25. Warfarin Overdose : Vit-K

26. Heparin Overdose : Protamine

27. Hairy Cell Leukemia: Cladirabine

28. Multiple Myeloma: Melphalan

29. CML: Imatinib

30. Wegner's granulomatosis: Cyclophosphamide

31. HOCM: Propranolol

32. Delirium Tremens: Diazepam

33. Drug Induced Parkinsonism: Benzhexol

34. Diacumarol Poisoning: Vit-K

35. Type-1 Lepra Reaction: Steroids

36. Type- 2 Lepra Reaction: Thalidomide

37. Allergic Contect Dermatitis: Steroids

38. PSVT: 1st-Adenosine, 2nd-Verapamil, 3rd-Digoxin

39. Z-E Syndrome: Proton Pump Inhibitor

40. Chancroid: Cotrimoxazole

41. Dermatitis Herpetiformis: Dapsone

42. Spastic Type of Cerebral Palsy: Diazepam

43. Herpes Simplex Keratitis: Trifluridine

44. Herpes Simplex Orolabialis: Pancyclovir

45. Neonatal Herpes Simplex: Acyclovir

46. Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: Cotrimoxazole

47. Cystic Acne: Retinoic acid

48. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Carbamezapine

49. Actinomycosis: Penicillin

50. Plague: Streptomycin

51. Opioid Withdrawal: Methadone 2nd-Clonidine

52. Alcohol Withdrawal: Chlordiazepoxide 2nd-Diazepam

53. Post Herpetic Neuralgia: Fluphenazine

54. WEST Syndrome: ACTH

55. Diabetic Diarrhoea: Clonidine

56. Lithium Induced Neuropathy: Amiloride

57. Tetanus: PEN G Na: TETRACYCLINE

58. Diphteria: PEN G K: ERYTHROMYCIN

59. Pertusis: ERYTHROMYCIN; AMPICILLIN

60. Meningitis: MANNITOL (osmotic diuretic); DEXAMETHASONE (anti-inflammatory); DILANTIN/PHENYTOIN (anti-convulsive); PYRETINOL/ENCEPHABO L (CNS stimulant)

61. Cholera: TETRACYCLINE

62. Amoebic Dysentery: METRONIDAZOLE

63. Shigellosis: CO-TRIMOXAZOLE

64. Typhoid: CHORAMPHENICOL

65. Rabies: LYSSAVAC, VERORAB

66. Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg

67. Malaria: CHLOROQUINE

68. Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL

69. Felariasis: DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE

70. Scabies: EURAX/ CROTAMITON

71. Chicken pox: ACYCLOVIR/ZOVIRAX

72. Leptospirosis: PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN

73. Leprosy: DAPSONE, RIFAMPICIN

74. Anthrax: PENICILLIN

75. Tuberculosis: R.I.P.E.S.

76. Pneumonia: COTRIMOXAZOLE; Procaine Penicillin

77. Helminths: MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE

78. Meningitis: MANNITOL (dec. ICP); DEXAMETHASONE ( relieve cerebral edema); DIAZEPAM ( anticonvulsant); PENICILLIN

79. Syphilis: PENICILLIN

80. Gonorrhea: PENICILLIN


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