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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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