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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Communicable Disease: Drug of Choice


DRUG OF CHOICE


Tetanus: PEN G Na; TETRACYCLINE; (use straw, with meals)DIAZEPAM (Valium)
Diphteria: PEN G K; ERYTHROMYCIN
Pertusis: ERYTHROMYCIN; AMPICILLIN
Meningitis: MANNITOL (osmotic diuretic); DEXAMETHASONE (anti-inflammatory); DILANTIN/PHENYTOIN (anti-convulsive); PYRETINOL/ENCEPHABO L (CNS stimulant)
Cholera: TETRACYCLINE
Amoebic Dysentery: METRONIDAZOLE
Shigellosis: CO-TRIMOXAZOLE
Typhoid: CHORAMPHENICOL
Rabies: LYSSAVAC, VERORAB
Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg
Malaria: CHLOROQUINE
Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL
Felariasis: DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE
Scabies: EURAX/ CROTAMITON
Chicken pox: ACYCLOVIR/ZOVIRAX
Leptospirosis: PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN
Leprosy: DAPSONE, RIFAMPICIN
Anthrax: PENICILLIN
Tuberculosis: R.I.P.E.S.
Pneumonia: COTRIMOXAZOLE; Procaine Penicillin
Helminths: MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL PAMOATE
Meningitis: MANNITOL (dec. ICP) ; DEXAMETHASONE ( relieve cerebral edema) ; DIAZEPAM ( anticonvulsant) ; PENICILLIN
Syphilis: PENICILLIN
Gonorrhea: PENICILLIN

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