Sunday, October, 25, 2009
Amiodarone
October 03, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning
that people who take the cholesterol drugs Zocor (simvastatin) or
Vytorin along with the heart drug known as Cordarone or Pacerone
(amiodarone) have an increased risk of suffering severe muscle
damage. Cordarone or Pacerone are used to treat irregular
heartbeat. The danger rises among those who take more than 20 mg
daily of the cholesterol drugs. Though the FDA first issued a
warning about this drug interaction in 2002, the agency ...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Dr. William Davis
,
Health Expert
Many people older than 50 years still remember the days of goiters, enlarged thyroid glands that...
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Health Guide
...considerations Drugs that can increase T4 measurements include clofibrate, estrogens, methadone,
amiodarone, and birth control pills. Drugs that can decrease T4 measurements include...
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...non-food items that contain iodine. Poisonous Ingredient Iodine Where Found
Amiodarone (Cordarone) Lugol's solution Pima syrup Potassium iodide Radioactive...
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...Drugs that can affect TSH measurements include: antithyroid medications, lithium, potassium iodide,
amiodarone, dopamine and prednisone. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to...
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...cause hypothyroidism. Unusual causes of drug-induced hypothyroidism include nitroprusside, perchlorate,
amiodarone, povidone iodine (Betadine), sulfonylureas, or even ingesting a large amount of...
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...dexamethasone, propranolol, lithium, iodine, methimazole, propylthiouracil, interferon alfa, interleukin-2, and
amiodarone Additional conditions under which the test may be performed: ...
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Medications
...3A4 substrates, inhibitors, and inducers such as amiodarone, cyclosporine, diltiazem,... Read more »
...that remove metoprolol from your body (such as amiodarone, barbiturates including ... Read more »
...that remove metoprolol from your body (such as amiodarone, barbiturates including ... Read more »
...nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of: amiodarone digoxin Other... Read more »
...protease inhibitors including indinavir/ritonavir, amiodarone, cyclosporine, diltiazem,... Read more »