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- noun A
drug used to treatcardiac arrhythmia andhypertension .
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Examples
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QT-prolonging agents (eg, quinidine, sotalol, thioridazine), quinolones (eg, ciprofloxacin), or streptogramins (eg, mikamycin) because serious, possibly life-threatening side effects on the heart or irregular heartbeat may occur
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FALL RIVER, MASS: I have atrial fibrillation and was recently switched from a calcium-channel blocker to a beta-blocker called sotalol.
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Like many beta-blockers, it can also cause fatigue in up to 20 percent of individuals, so your tiredness could be a side effect of sotalol.
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- Do not associate with drugs predisposing to the occurrence of "torsades de pointes": antiarrhythmic drugs (quinidine, disopyramide, sotalol), drugs inducing hypokaliemia
Chapter 4 1993
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Doctors will traditionally order any number of drugs from their pharmaceutical arsenal, including digoxin, the blood thinner warfarin, calcium channel blockers (like diltiazem or nifedipine), beta blockers (like propranolol, sotalol or metoprolol) or anti-arrhythmic drugs like propafenone, procainamide, disopyramide or amiodarone.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com R.Ph. Suzy Cohen 2011
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Torsade de malformations and inserted qt quinine 5gr from hydrophilic part of sotalol.
Wii-volution 2010
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Physicians should consider whether the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy outweigh the potential risks in patients with congenital long QT syndrome, electrolyte abnormalities, or congestive heart failure and in patients taking Class IA (e.g. quinidine, procainamide) or Class III (e.g. amiodarone, sotalol) antiarrhythmic medications.
unknown title 2009
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Most commonly occurs in paFents with prolonged QT interval, due to many causes: • Drug‐induced: tricyclic anFdepressants, procainamide, sotalol, amiodarone, ibuFlide, dofeFlide, some anFpsychoFcs, digoxin, some long‐acFng anFhistamines • Electrolyte and metabolic alteraFons
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Physicians should consider whether the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy outweigh the potential risks in patients with congenital long QT syndrome, electrolyte abnormalities, or congestive heart failure and in patients taking Class IA (e.g. quinidine, procainamide) or Class III (e.g. amiodarone, sotalol) antiarrhythmic medications.
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Physicians should consider whether the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy outweigh the potential risks in patients with congenital long QT syndrome, electrolyte abnormalities, or congestive heart failure and in patients taking Class IA (e.g. quinidine, procainamide) or Class III (e.g. amiodarone, sotalol) antiarrhythmic medications.
unknown title 2009
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