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a. Amiodarone + Verapamil + Quinidine
b. Digitalis toxicity symptoms in acute
setting= GI symptoms- anorexia, nau-
1) What drugs can cause digitalis toxicity
sea, vomiting, abdominal pain
if they are used together
c. Digitalis toxicity symptoms in chron-
ic setting= neurological symptoms like
weakness and blindness
a. Prazosin
b. Prazosin is an -blocker most common-
2) What is the DOC for nightmares in
ly used to manage BPH and used in
PTSD
the treatment of nightmares caused by
PTSD
3) What are the stimulant drugs used to a. Methylphenidate + Amphetamines
treat ADHD b. Both have PH in the names
a. Hydralazine, Methyldopa, Labetalol,
4) What drugs are safe to use in mothers
Nifedipine
with HTN
b. "Hypertensive Moms Love Nifedipine"
a. Vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis
b. Eculizumab is an anti-body against C5
and prevents it from cleaving C5 into C5a
+ C5b
5) What vaccine should patients who c. W/o formation of C5a + C5b cannot
take Eculizumab receive form MAC complex "No MAC, cannot at-
tack"
d. Note: patients who have terminal com-
plement deficiency should also receive
vaccine for N. meningitidis
a. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobin-
6) What is Eculizumab used to treat
uria
7) What is the drug of choice for leishma- a. Na+ Stibogluconate or Amphotericin B
niasis b. Transmitted by sand flies
a. Secure airway, provide IV fluid, give
atropine (1st line) if treatment refractory
8) How do you treat -blocker overdose to atropine and still see hypotension, give
Glucagon (2nd line)
b. Symptoms of -blocker OD: brady-
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cardia, hypotension, wheezing, hypo-
glycemia, delirium, seizures, and cardio-
genic shock
9) What is the DOC for prophylaxis
a. Doxycycline
against Leptospirosis
10) What diuretic can worsen or cause
a. Thiazides
gout
11) What is the DOC for severe hyper-
a. Fibrates
triglyceridemia
12) What antiretroviral is recommended
a. AZT
for neonates born to HIV+ mothers
a. Dopamine agonists
13) What can be used as medical man- b. DA normally inhibits prolactin, so if
agement of prolactinomas give dopamine reuptake inhibitor will see
prolactin
a. NSAID + Colchicine
b. Colchicine given to decrease number
14) What is the drug of choice for acute
of repeat episodes of pericarditis
viral or idiopathic pericarditis
c. 2nd line treatment besides NSAIDs are
steroids
a. Dicloxacillin, Nafcillin
b. MCC of mastitis is S. aureus
c. Symptoms: fever, UNILATERAL breast
15) What is the DOC for mastitis
tenderness
d. MOTHERS ENCOURAGED TO CON-
TINUE BREAST FEEDING
16) What class of drugs cause cartilage a. Fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, lev-
damage ofloxacin)
a. Oxybutynin, Tolterodine, Darifenacin,
Trospium
17) What class of drugs are used to treat
b. "On The Darn Toilet"
urge incontinence
c. MC incontinence in men often caused
by BPH
a. Tetracyclines
b. Why we give those under 8 y.o Amox-
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a. Amiodarone + Verapamil + Quinidine
b. Digitalis toxicity symptoms in acute
setting= GI symptoms- anorexia, nau-
1) What drugs can cause digitalis toxicity
sea, vomiting, abdominal pain
if they are used together
c. Digitalis toxicity symptoms in chron-
ic setting= neurological symptoms like
weakness and blindness
a. Prazosin
b. Prazosin is an -blocker most common-
2) What is the DOC for nightmares in
ly used to manage BPH and used in
PTSD
the treatment of nightmares caused by
PTSD
3) What are the stimulant drugs used to a. Methylphenidate + Amphetamines
treat ADHD b. Both have PH in the names
a. Hydralazine, Methyldopa, Labetalol,
4) What drugs are safe to use in mothers
Nifedipine
with HTN
b. "Hypertensive Moms Love Nifedipine"
a. Vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis
b. Eculizumab is an anti-body against C5
and prevents it from cleaving C5 into C5a
+ C5b
5) What vaccine should patients who c. W/o formation of C5a + C5b cannot
take Eculizumab receive form MAC complex "No MAC, cannot at-
tack"
d. Note: patients who have terminal com-
plement deficiency should also receive
vaccine for N. meningitidis
a. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobin-
6) What is Eculizumab used to treat
uria
7) What is the drug of choice for leishma- a. Na+ Stibogluconate or Amphotericin B
niasis b. Transmitted by sand flies
a. Secure airway, provide IV fluid, give
atropine (1st line) if treatment refractory
8) How do you treat -blocker overdose to atropine and still see hypotension, give
Glucagon (2nd line)
b. Symptoms of -blocker OD: brady-
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cardia, hypotension, wheezing, hypo-
glycemia, delirium, seizures, and cardio-
genic shock
9) What is the DOC for prophylaxis
a. Doxycycline
against Leptospirosis
10) What diuretic can worsen or cause
a. Thiazides
gout
11) What is the DOC for severe hyper-
a. Fibrates
triglyceridemia
12) What antiretroviral is recommended
a. AZT
for neonates born to HIV+ mothers
a. Dopamine agonists
13) What can be used as medical man- b. DA normally inhibits prolactin, so if
agement of prolactinomas give dopamine reuptake inhibitor will see
prolactin
a. NSAID + Colchicine
b. Colchicine given to decrease number
14) What is the drug of choice for acute
of repeat episodes of pericarditis
viral or idiopathic pericarditis
c. 2nd line treatment besides NSAIDs are
steroids
a. Dicloxacillin, Nafcillin
b. MCC of mastitis is S. aureus
c. Symptoms: fever, UNILATERAL breast
15) What is the DOC for mastitis
tenderness
d. MOTHERS ENCOURAGED TO CON-
TINUE BREAST FEEDING
16) What class of drugs cause cartilage a. Fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, lev-
damage ofloxacin)
a. Oxybutynin, Tolterodine, Darifenacin,
Trospium
17) What class of drugs are used to treat
b. "On The Darn Toilet"
urge incontinence
c. MC incontinence in men often caused
by BPH
a. Tetracyclines
b. Why we give those under 8 y.o Amox-
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