Monday, October, 26, 2009
What Is Amiodarone And Pacerone Taken For
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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...or months after your heart attack. Some of these medications might be warfarin (for blood thinning),
amiodarone (for arrhythmias), Lasix or other diuretics, potassium supplements, and...
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...ventricular fibrillation.Antiarrhythmic Drugs. Antiarrhythmic drugs include lidocaine, procainamide, or
amiodarone.
Amiodarone or another antiarrhythmic drug may be used afterward to prevent...
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...include sotalol, flecainide, or propafenone, which are often used sequentially. If these fail, then
amiodarone or a newer drug dofetilide (Tikosyn) may be tried. Others include ibutilide (Covert)...
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...developing symptomatic hypothyroidism, and another 20 - 30% developing hypothyroidism without symptoms.
Amiodarone. The drug
amiodarone (Cordarone), which is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms,...
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...medicationsMany others drugs have been weakly associated with cataracts including allopurinol, tamoxifen,
amiodarone, tricyclic antidepressants, potassium-sparing diuretics (but not other...
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