DRUG
OF CHOICE
Tetanus: PEN G Na; TETRACYCLINE; (use straw, with meals)DIAZEPAM (Valium)
Diphteria: PEN G K; ERYTHROMYCIN
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
Cholera: TETRACYCLINE
Amoebic
Dysentery: METRONIDAZOLE
Shigellosis:
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE
Typhoid: CHORAMPHENICOL
Rabies: LYSSAVAC, VERORAB
Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg
Immunoglobulins: ERIG or HRIg
Malaria: CHLOROQUINE
Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL
Felariasis: DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE
Schistosomiasis: PRAZIQUANTEL
Felariasis: DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE
Scabies: EURAX/ CROTAMITON
Chicken pox: ACYCLOVIR/ZOVIRAX
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
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