The Medicines Pages
The Medicines Pages
This is a list of health problems discussed in this book that can be treated with medicines. The problems are listed in order of the alphabet in the left column. The middle column has the numbers of the pages where you can read about each problem before taking any medicine. The right column has medicines that can be used to treat each problem on the left. To learn more about a medicine, click on the name of the medicine.
Problem See medicines
arthritis aspirin , ibuprofen
bleeding from the vagina
after abortion misoprostol
after birth ergometrine , misoprostol , oxytocin
after menopause medroxyprogesterone
chancroid azithromycin , ceftriaxone , ciprofloxacin , erythromycin
chlamydia azithromycin , doxycycline , erythromycin
cough in people with HIV codeine
diarrhea in people with HIV azithromycin , ciprofloxacin , cotrimoxazole ,
doxycycline , metronidazole
eclampsia/seizures diazepam , magnesium sulfate
emergency contraception daily use birth control pills , emergency contraception pills
fever aspirin , paracetamol , ibuprofen
during labor ampicillin , gentamicin , metronidazole
gonorrhea ceftriaxone , cefixime
herpes sores acyclovir
infection (prevention)
for abortion azithromycin , doxycycline , metronidazole
in deinfibulation erythromycin
for people with HIV
antiretroviral therapy (ART) , cotrimoxazole
infection (treatment)
after abortion
ampicillin , ceftriaxone , clindamycin , doxycycline , gentamicin , metronidazole , tetanus toxoid vaccine
after birth amoxicillin/clavulanic acid , ampicillin , doxycycline , erythromycin , gentamicin , metronidazole
bladder cotrimoxazole , nitrofurantoin
breast infection dicloxacillin , erythromycin
after genital cutting cephalexin , dicloxacillin ,
doxycycline , erythromycin , tetanus toxoid vaccine
kidney ceftriaxone , ciprofloxacin , cotrimoxazole
skin
cephalexin , clindamycin , cotrimoxazole , dicloxacillin
itching
of the genitals See abnormal vaginal discharge .
of the skin diphenhydramine , hydrocortisone , hydroxyzine
malaria during the first artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) , clindamycin , quinine
nausea metoclopramide
newborn eye care erythromycin eye ointment ,
tetracycline eye ointment
pain
mild to moderate aspirin , ibuprofen , paracetamol
severe codeine
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)azithromycin , cefixime , ceftriaxone , doxycycline , erythromycin , metronidazole
pneumonia for people with HIV cotrimoxazole
seizures (convulsions)
during pregnancy diazepam , magnesium sulfate
sores, infected cephalexin , clindamycin , cotrimoxazole , doxycycline , potassium permanganate
syphilis benzathine benzylpenicillin ,
doxycycline , erythromycin
tetanus in newborn benzathine benzylpenicillin
trichomonas metronidazole , tinidazole
vaginal discharge, abnormal See abnormal vaginal discharge .
warts on the genitals podofilox , trichloroacetic acid
womb infection amoxicillin/clavulanic acid , ampicillin , doxycycline ,
gentamicin , metronidazole
yeast infection (thrush)
esophageal thrush fluconazole , ketoconazole
oral thrush fluconazole , nystatin
skin miconazole , nystatin
vagina clotrimazole , miconazole ,nystatin
This page was updated:13 Nov 2023
