Drug of choice
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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• Drug of choice for COPD - Anticholinergics (Eg:Tiotropium)
• First line drugs for tuberculosis - Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol, Streptomycin (RIPES)
• Drug of choice for testing bronchial hyperactivity - Methacholine (Non- selective muscarinic receptor agonist)
• Drug of choice for pulmonary edema with Congestive heart failure (CHF) - Furosemide (Diuretic)
• Drug of choice for a vasodilatory shock - Norepinephrine
• Drug of choice for persistent hiccups - Carbon Dioxide
• Drug of choice for apnea in premature infants - Theophylline
• Drug of choice for exercise induced asthma - Mast cell stabilizers (Eg: Sodium Cromoglycate)
• Drug of choice for asprin induced asthma - Leukotriene antagonist (Eg: Montelukast)
• Drug of choice for starting treatment of asthma - Inhaled beta 2 agonist (Eg: salmeterol)
• Drug of choice for bronchospasm with COPD - Ipratropium Bromide
•Drug of choice for smoking cessation - Nicotine
• Drug of choice for liquefying plaques of sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis - Acetylcysteine
• Drug of choice for temporal arteritis - Corticosteroid - Sodium
• Drug of choice for prophylaxis of exercise induced asthma chromoglycate
• Drug of choice for pulmonary edema - Furosemide
• Drug of choice for dry itchy cough - Codeine
• Drug of choice for acute asthma attack - Salbutamol (Short acting Selective Beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist)
• Drug of choice for persistent asthma - Inhaled corticosteroid
• Drug of choice for an asthmatic patient with hypertension - Amlodipine
• Drug of choice for Pneumocystis carinii - Cotrimoxazole
• Drug of choice for suppression of cough - Dextromethorphan
• Drug of choice for ACE inhibitor induced cough - Asprin
• Drug of choice for asthma in diabetes - Ipratropium
• Drug of choice for beta blocker induced bronchospas - Ipratropium bromide
• Drug of choice for mild persistent - Inhaled low dose corticosteroid or Mast cell stabilizers or leukotrienes antagonist
• Drug of choice for moderate persistent asthma - Inhaled corticosteroid with long acting beta 2 agonist
• Drug of choice for severe persistent asthma - High dose Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) + Long acting beta 2 agonists (LABA) +Oral corticosteroid
• Drug of choice for poorly controlled asthma - Theophylline
• Drug of choice for prophylaxis of asthma - Sodium cromoglycate (Mast cell stabilizer)
