Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. pharmacology A particular medicine used against arrhythmia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
Examples
“Multaq is designed to reduce hospitalization for certain rapid heartbeats, in competition with a decades-old drug called amiodarone.”
“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.”
“At 19, I was put on a new drug called amiodarone, which stopped the attacks and didn't make me moody.”
“§ Medications that treat abnormal heart rhythms, such as amiodarone”
“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.”
Consumer Reports: Muscle pain from taking Zocor or another statin? Check your dose
“White suggested another dose of amiodarone, 150 milligrams more than is recommended for a second dose.”
USA Today: Dozens of people perform CPR to save heart attack victim
“Ultimately, they agreed to try a calculated overdose of a heart drug, amiodarone.”
USA Today: Dozens of people perform CPR to save heart attack victim
“Goodman and Svoboda began administering drugs: epinephrine, lidocaine, atropine and amiodarone, which they hoped would restore Snitzer's normal heart rhythm.”
USA Today: Dozens of people perform CPR to save heart attack victim
“The agency also recommended lower dose limits for simvastatin when combined with various drugs including some antibiotics, some HIV drugs and certain other heart medicine such as amiodarone, used to treat an irregular heart beat.”
The Wall Street Journal: FDA Urges Limits on Dosages of Zocor
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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