Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vasodilator drug, C25H29I2NO3, used in its hydrochloride form to control ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias and to manage angina pectoris.
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- noun pharmacology A particular
medicine used againstarrhythmia .
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- noun an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Multaq is designed to reduce hospitalization for certain rapid heartbeats, in competition with a decades-old drug called amiodarone.
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A common treatment for atrial fibrillation includes an older, generic drug called amiodarone, but it is associated with side effects such as damage to the lung and liver, and muscle weakness.
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Excessive use of iodine-containing drugs, for example cough medicines or amiodarone, which is used for the treatment of heart problems
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At 19, I was put on a new drug called amiodarone, which stopped the attacks and didn't make me moody.
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Excessive use of iodine-containing drugs, for example cough medicines or amiodarone, which is used for the treatment of heart problems
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§ Medications that treat abnormal heart rhythms, such as amiodarone
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High doses of statins have been known to cause muscle damage for some time, and the risk of muscle pain and rhabdomyolysis is increased considerably when simvastatin in particular is taken with some other drugs such as amiodarone (Cordarone and generic), cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune and generic), danazol (Danocrine and generic), gemfibrozil (Lopid and generic), verapamil (Calan, Covera and generic) and diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor and generic)—which the FDA reminded consumers and doctors again as well.
Muscle pain from taking Zocor or another statin? Check your dose
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White suggested another dose of amiodarone, 150 milligrams more than is recommended for a second dose.
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Ultimately, they agreed to try a calculated overdose of a heart drug, amiodarone.
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Goodman and Svoboda began administering drugs: epinephrine, lidocaine, atropine and amiodarone, which they hoped would restore Snitzer's normal heart rhythm.
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