1 - Medical Diseases and their Treatment

Digoxin

Drug of choice for Heart Failure

Propylthiuracil

Drug of choice for Hyperthyroidism (contraindicated for 1st trimester pregnancies)

Spironolactone

Drug of choice for Hyperaldosteronism

Proton pump inhibitor, Metronidazole, Tetracycline, Bismuth

Drug of choice for H. pylori

Rifampin, Isoniazide, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol

Drug of choice for Tuberculosis

Thiamine deficiency

What deficiency is caused by Hyperaldosteronism

Methimazole or Tapazole

Most common treatment for Grave’s disease (not safe to use in 1st trimester)

Synthroid

Drug of choice for Hyperthyroidism

Tamsulosin and Finasteride

Drug of choice for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Sulfunylureas and Biguanides

Drug of choice for DM (hint: cannot be consumed with alcohol and Metformin)

Regular insulin

Insulin used to treat patients with DKA via IV

Terbutaline

Drug of choice for Threatened abortion.

Magnesium sulfate

Drig of choice usually given for Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (PIH).

Indomethacin

Drug of choice which facilitates closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

Mg SO4, Terbutaline, Indomethacin, Nifedipine

Examples of Tocolytics (hint: MTIN)

Steroid hormone replacements

What treatment is first performed to stabilize hemochromatosis and Addison’s disease?

Therapeutic phlebotomy

What is the primary treatment for hemochromatosis?

Calcium gluconate

Treatment for Magnesium sulfate toxicity (tocolytics)?

Phototherapy

Pathological Jaundice treatment

Tetralogy of Fallot

It consists of four structural abnormalities: a hole between the lower heart chambers (ventricular septal defect), a narrowed pulmonary valve, an enlarged aorta, and a thickened right ventricle.