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Cordarone: Patients
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Patients taking Amiodarone and Cordarone have died from lung and liver damage, gone blind or suffered from other serious side effects. Yet these medicines are routinely prescribed for common heart rhythm problems despite the availability of safer alternatives. The FDA has approved Amiodarone only for more severe disorders, called ventricular arrhythmia's, and then only as a treatment of last resort.
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Postoperatively, occurrences of ARDS have been reported in patients receiving Cordarone therapy who have undergone either cardiac or noncardiac surgery. Although patients usually respond well to vigorous respiratory therapy, in rare instances the outcome has been fatal. Until further studies have been performed, it is recommended that FiO
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The FDA approved Cordarone on December 18, 1995. Cordarone is another brand name for Amiodarone. These heart drugs continue to be prescribed to millions of patients nationwide without the detailed consumer warnings promised by the U.S. FDA.
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