… role for prophylactic amiodarone is in the perioperative period of cardiac surgery. Amiodarone
may be … However, amiodarone has a number of serious adverse effects, including corneal …

Objective: To describe the fifth reported instance, as of February 15, 2006, of a severe
interaction between simvastatin and amiodarone and hypothesize inhibition of CYP3A4 as the …

… levels without signs of cirrhosis as in our patient … amiodarone. Case Description/Methods:
A 74-year-old woman with medical history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, VT on amiodarone …

Introduction: Amiodarone is the most widely used … the published evidence on amiodarone
versus placebo to … Expert opinion: Amiodarone is effective for both the acute conversion of …

Amiodarone is an amphiphilic iodinated compound that is … toxicity, a patient receiving
amiodarone was noted to have an … Six additional patients who were receiving amiodarone were …

… available regarding dosage adjustment in liver disease, although … liver disease as the drug
is extensively metabolized in the liver [13]. The therapeutic plasma range of amiodarone and …

… Fatal complications of amiodarone include ARDS, pulmonary fibrosis, cirrhosis and brady-…
seems to increase the risk of amiodarone lung toxicity and that amiodarone lung toxicity is less …

… central antiarrhythmic agent, amiodarone’s significant toxicity … similar to that of alcohol-induced
liver disease.[6, 7] Although … secondary to the IV infusions of amiodarone.[9] Unlike the …

… Amiodarone is used commonly in patients with cardiac diseases. … liver cirrhosis secondary
to amiodarone therapy. We present two cases of liver cirrhosis in patients taking amiodarone. …

… Our results show that amiodarone causes phospholipidosis after short-term treatment and,
like tetracycline, induces vesicular steatosis after repeat exposure in HepaRG cells. These …