Amiodarone is used to treat life-threatening heart rhythm problems called ventricular arrhythmias . This medicine is used in patients who have already been treated with other medicines that did not work well.
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Amiodarone (Cordarone) is used to treat and prevent an irregular heartbeat . It slows down nerve activity in the heart and relaxes an overactive heart.7 Mar 2018
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Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic medication commonly used to prevent or treat medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest and arrhythmias .
Read moreIs there a better drug than amiodarone?
Dronedarone has been viewed as a potential therapeutic alternative for amiodarone because of a lower risk for pulmonary, thyroid, and dermatologic adverse effects. Compared with amiodarone, dronedarone has poor bioavailability and a shorter terminal disposition half-life, which dictates a twice-daily dosing regimen.
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Dronedarone (Multaq), an analogue of amiodarone (Cordarone), was designed to cause fewer adverse ef- fects than the parent compound. Studies have indeed shown dronedarone to be safer than amiodarone, but less effective .
Read moreWhy amiodarone is the most efficacious antiarrhythmic drug?
3. Mechanism of action. Amiodarone is a Class III antiarrhythmic agent [7, 8] that prolongs the duration of action potential and hence increases the refractory period of atrial, nodal and ventricular tissues, thereby has a very broad spectrum of activity.
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