Blood Pressure/Cholesterol

Amiodarone (amiodarone)

Amiodarone for the treatment of various types of fast, irregular heart rate (called tahiarytmiyi). It is used for severe rhythm disorders when other treatment fails or can not use.

• Amiodarone is an additional patient information sheet, called to guide treatment. Please carefully read and reread it each time you fill amiodarone.

Its commitment to stable conditions, when the heart beats very fast or irregular heart rate rhythm. Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic.

If you miss a dose, you often use it, put it as soon as possible. If you do not remember until later, skip the missing dose and return to your normal dose of the list. Do not take 2 doses once.

Store at room temperature away from moisture and sunlight. Do not let children.

Be sure to keep all doctor and laboratory use. Use sunscreen or wear protective clothing, but if you have time.

Important:

• Amiodarone may cause dizziness, vertigo, or blurred vision. If you think you may be pregnant, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using Amiodarone during pregnancy.
• This may take several days to a week of work amiodarone.
• Very cautious use of amiodarone in children. Therefore, caution is recommended not only in treatment, but several months after amiodarone treatment has stopped, if you are taking any drug interactions.
• Identified at any time that you want to amiodarone. Safety and efficacy has not been confirmed.
• Laboratory tests, including electrocardiogram (ECG), chest X-ray, ray, liver function tests, thyroid, eye exams can monitor your progress.
• Amiodarone can cause serious skin reactions similar to sunburn or sun sensitivity. The answer can not be seen at 3 weeks after the drug.
• Amiodarone stays in your body for weeks or months, even if you no longer participate.
• Limit alcoholic beverages while taking amiodarone. This effect is harmless and often changes, sometimes the medicine can not be completely stopped. Avoid prolonged sun exposure can help prevent this effect. Avoid exposure to sunlight, ultraviolet light, or tanning booths until you know how you react to Amiodarone. Learn how to monitor pulse. Do not take amiodarone breastfeeding.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Amiodarone has been shown to harm the fetus. Amiodarone used alone, with other medicines, or with alcohol may lessen your ability to drive or perform other potentially dangerous tasks.
• Amiodarone may cause long-term action of blue-gray skin, especially face and hands. Amiodarone lactation.
• Before you have any medical or dental treatment, emergency care, or surgery (including eye surgery correct vision problems), tell the doctor or dentist that you are using amiodarone.
• Your doctor may recommend that you check the pulse of every day, when you put amiodarone.

• You are allergic to any ingredient amiodarone, including iodine;
• You have complete, second, third degree heart block or severe synoatrialna, unusually slow heartbeat, or failure, because of serious heart problems, or if you have a sense of slow heartbeat (unless you have a pacemaker) ;
• Do you accept Cisaprid, dofetilide, H1 antagonists (such as astemizol, loratadyn, terfenadyn), HIV protease inhibitors (eg ritonavir), phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (eg, vardenafil) , or streptozotocin (such as dalfopristin, kvinupristin). Do not drive, repair of machinery, or do any other could be dangerous until you know how you react to Amiodarone.