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Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
Cyanide Toxicity Treatment ... or 2) Amyl nitrite ... Pathophysiology #Management #Treatment
Achalasia Management Algorithm
 - Botulinum Injection
 - Pharmacotherapy (CCB/nitrates)
 - Pneumatic Dilation
 - Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy
Pharmacotherapy (CCB/nitrates ... gastroenterology #treatment
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia
 - Renal Failure → Dialysis with low Ca++ bath
Aggressive IV hydration
Treatment algorithm ... Cases: Gallium nitrate ... hypercalcemia #Treatment
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia
 • Aggressive IV hydration
 • IV Bisphosphonate +/- Calcitonin
 • Renal
Treatment algorithm ... Refractory: Gallium nitrate ... hypercalcemia #treatment
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
not be used with nitrates ... pharmacology #comparison #treatment
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
tests in cath lab Treatment ... vasodilation • Nitrates
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
resorption • Gallium nitrate ... management #drugs #treatment
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
contractions Definitive Treatment ... POEM Symptomatic Treatment ... channel blockers, Nitrates ... gastroenterology #Treatemtn
Typical Therapeutic Applications of Penicillin G
Pneumococcal Pneumonia
 • Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacterial
Gonorrhea • Silver nitrate ... • A single treatment
Metformin in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg or 850 mg once daily
 •
once daily • Titrate ... dose eGFR 30-44: Initiate ... half the dose and titrate ... metformin; do not initiate