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Drug of Choice

This document lists various common diseases and medical conditions along with their corresponding recommended drug of choice for treatment. Some of the conditions listed include pain/fever which is treated with paracetamol, acute bronchial asthma treated with salbutamol, acute gout treated with NSAIDs, and several other conditions treated with drugs like tetracycline, vancomycin, erythromycin, acyclovir, and corticosteroids. The document serves as a reference for recommended first-line pharmaceutical treatments for an extensive range of medical issues.

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Drug of Choice

This document lists various common diseases and medical conditions along with their corresponding recommended drug of choice for treatment. Some of the conditions listed include pain/fever which is treated with paracetamol, acute bronchial asthma treated with salbutamol, acute gout treated with NSAIDs, and several other conditions treated with drugs like tetracycline, vancomycin, erythromycin, acyclovir, and corticosteroids. The document serves as a reference for recommended first-line pharmaceutical treatments for an extensive range of medical issues.

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Drug of Choice.

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 :- lipozomal 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; (DIAZEPAM
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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