Amiodarone 100mg Tab, 100ct Bottle

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What is Amiodarone and how is it used?

Amiodarone  is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of irregular heart rhythm (Ventricular Arrhythmias). Amiodarone  may be used alone or with other medications.

Amiodarone  belongs to a class of drugs called Antidysrhythmisc.

What are the possible side effects of Amiodarone?

Amiodarone may cause serious side effects including:

  • shortness of breath,
  • fainting,
  • fast or irregular heartbeats,
  • chest pain,
  • wheezing, and
  • difficulty breathing

Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.

The most common side effects of Amiodarone  include:

Tell the doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of Amiodarone. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

INDICATIONS

AMIODARONE is indicated for the treatment of documented, life-threatening recurrent ventricular fibrillation and life-threatening recurrent hemodynamically unstable tachycardia in adults who have not responded to adequate doses of other available antiarrhythmics or when alternate agents cannot be tolerated.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

Dosage must be indidualized based on severity of arrhythmia and response. Use the lowest effecte dose. Obtain baseline chest x-ray, pulmonary function tests, thyroid function tests, and ler aminotransferases. Correct hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalcemia before initiating treatment

Recommended Dosage

Initiate treatment with a loading doses of 800 to 1600 mg/day until initial therapeutic response occurs (usually 1 to 3 weeks). Once adequate arrhythmia control is achieved, or if side effects become prominent, reduce AMIODARONE dose to 600 to 800 mg/day for one month and then to the maintenance dose, usually 400 mg/day.

Administration

Administer AMIODARONE consistently with regard to meals [see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY]. Administration of AMIODARONE in dided doses with meals is suggested for total daily doses of 1000 mg or higher, or when gastrointestinal intolerance occurs.

Keep tightly closed.

Store at Controlled Room Temperature, 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F).

Protect from light.

Dispense in a light-resistant, tight container.