Amiodarone: Single dose: 58 days (range: 15 to 142 days) Oral chronic therapy: Mean range: 40 to 55 days (range: 26 to 107 days) IV single dose: Mean range: 9 to 36 days
See more Uses This medication is used to treat certain types of serious (possibly fatal) irregular heartbeat (such as recurrent ventricular fibrillation/ tachycardia )
What is this medication? AMIODARONE (a MEE oh da rone) prevents and treats a fast or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)
You may take amiodarone either with or without food, but be sure to take it the same
If there is evidence of pulmonary toxicity, then amiodarone should be promptly discontinued and the patient referred to a pulmonologist; initiation of prednisone
Most commonly, these include nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and constipation