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Cordarone: Cordarone Tablets
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Cordarone is a medicine used in adults to treat life-threatening heartbeat problems called ventricular arrhythmias, for which other treatment did not work or was not tolerated. Cordarone Tablets have not been shown to help people with life-threatening heartbeat problems live longer. Treatment with Cordarone Tablets should be started in a hospital to monitor your condition. You should have regular check-ups, blood tests, chest x-rays, and eye exams before and during treatment with Cordarone Tablets to check for serious side effects.
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Cordarone (amiodarone HCl) is a member of a new class of antiarrhythmic drugs with predominantly Class III (Vaughan Williams' classification) effects, available for oral administration as pink, scored tablets containing 200 mg of amiodarone hydrochloride. The inactive ingredients present are colloidal silicon dioxide, lactose, magnesium stearate, povidone, starch, and FD&C Red 40. Cordarone is a benzofuran derivative: 2-butyl-3-benzofuranyl 4-[2-(diethylamino)-ethoxy]-3,5-diiodophenyl ketone hydrochloride. It is not chemically related to any other available antiarrhythmic drug.
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Cordarone belongs to a class of medicines known as antiarrhythmics. Cordarone is a medication that can provide normal rhythm, by correcting irregular heartbeats. Cordarone produces its helpful effects by slowing nerve impulses in the heart and acting directly on the heart tissues. Cordarone is available in the following dosage forms: Oral: Tablets and Parenteral: Injection.
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Clinical studies of Cordarone Tablets did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.
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