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IV Amiodarone for WCT: Time to Say Goodbye?

Ortiz and colleagues [2] sought to compare the efficacy of amiodarone vs procainamide in patients with hemodynamically stable, regular WCT. The exact diagnosis (eg, VT vs supraventricular tachycardia ...
Medscape

Can Maintenance Amiodarone Be Given by IV Push?

Can an amiodarone drip be converted to twice-daily IV bolus dosing if the patient is unable to take anything by mouth or nasogastric tube? In conclusion, on the basis of the pharmacokinetic properties ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Amiodarone Hcl Injection

Amiodarone HCl 50mg/mL; soln for IV infusion after dilution; contains polysorbate 80. Amiodarone, a class III antiarrhythmic, possesses electrophysiologic characteristics of all four Vaughan Williams ...
Healio

Amiodarone Topic Review

Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic drug, with some class IA properties. Amiodarone on rare occasions can induce torsades de pointes within the first 48 hours of intravenous administration, even ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Label Mix-Up Prompts Recall of IV Amiodarone, Tranexamic Acid

Inadvertent administration may result in serious adverse events. Mylan announced the voluntary recall to the hospital/clinic level of 4 lots of Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP 450mg/9mL and Tranexamic ...
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Prism Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval of Ready-to-Use NEXTERONE® (amiodarone HCl) Premixed Injection

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Prism Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application for ...
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Amiodarone for Cardioversion on Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation

Recent-onset atrial fibrillation, defined as an onset within one week, is a major issue in clinical practice, and recent advances have shown that cardioversion to normal sinus rhythm provides better ...
FierceBiotech

Prism Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval of NEXTERONE(R) for Life-Threatening Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachyc

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Prism Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the new drug application (NDA) for NEXTERONE(R) ...
Medical Xpress

Survival feasible post acute liver failure secondary to amiodarone

(HealthDay)—In a report published online July 16 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, a case of survival after acute liver failure secondary to amiodarone administration is described.
WebMD

Amiodarone - Uses, Side Effects, and More

What is amiodarone used for? Amiodarone is commonly used to prevent and treat certain types of serious (and sometimes life-threatening) arrhythmias called ventricular fibrillation and ventricular ...
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Prism Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval of NEXTERONE(R) for Life-Threatening Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 5 Prism Pharmaceuticalsannounced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approvedthe new drug application (NDA) for NEXTERONE(R) (amiodarone HCl) Injection, ...