Drug name: Cordarone

Active Ingredients:

• Amiodarone hydrochloride

Therapeutic effect of Cordarone: Cordarone is a medication used to treat irregular heart beat with class III antiarrhythmic agents. This drug has multiple uses like blocking potassium channels and also regulating the electrical activity in heart there by normalizing the heart's rhythm. Cordarone also dilates blood vessels there by lowering blood pressure. This drug is also used to treat congestive heart failure.

Indications: Cordarone is used for the treatment of life threatening hear beat disorders like Ventricular arrhythmias and hear failure and other heart rhythm disorders.

Precautions and Restrictions: Cordarone may result in certain unwanted reactions so it's best used only when the benefits of using this drug is greater than its adverse reactions. It's best to start treating a person with Cordarone in a hospital setting. This is done to monitor the patient's reaction to this drug. It's not wise to use this drug if the patient has the following conditions:

• Irregular or slow heart rate which leads to fainting
• If you have any heart related ailments consult a doctor at once
• Allergic reactions to Cordarone or any of its ingredients

Consult your doctor before using Cordarone if you have:

• Imbalance of electrolytes
• Disorders related to the thyroid gland
• High or low blood pressure
• Loss of vision
• Liver diseases
• Disorders related to lungs like asthma
• Use of Cordarone is strictly prohibited for pregnant and breast feeding mother

Side effects: There is always a distant possibility of some kind of adverse effect that is wholly unintended. These side effects are only a distant possibility and there are no prior proven records of such effects due to Cordarone. Some of the adverse effects that may occur are:

• Liver ailments like jaundice
• Numbness
• Irregular menstrual cycle, swelling in the thyroid gland, sweating, fever, loss of hair in some or all areas of the body
• Swelling, weight gain or loss, breathlessness
• High blood pressure
• Problems in normal breathing, pain in the chest, coughing of blood
• Fainting or feeling like fainting
• High or low heart rate
• Irregular heart beat
• Various types of allergic reactions

The common side-effects include:

• Inflammation of the skin
• Developmental dyspraxia
• Sleeplessness
• Appetite loss, nausea, vomiting, stomach ache
• Dizziness or weakness

These are just some of the side effects and this is by no means an exhaustive list of adverse effects caused by Cordarone. For more information kindly consult your physician, pharmacist or the full details presented with Cordarone.

Interactions: Before taking Cordarone it's very important to consult a doctor and apprise him of the treatment or medication you are currently under and also get a prescription from your doctor before starting any new drug. This is to make sure that the combination of the two drugs is safe. Some of the drugs that react with Cordarone are:

• Drugs that helps lower cholesterol
• Medication for treating epilepsy
• Other drugs that are used for treating cardiac arrhythmias
• Medicines used for treating viral diseases like HIV
• Anticoagulants
• Drugs to treat allergies
• Drugs that promote the formation of urine
• Grapefruits
• St. John Wart
• Cough medicine
• Antibiotics
• Medicines used to treat diabetics
• Drugs to treat high blood pressure
• Medication used to alleviate mood disorders
• Narcotic pain relief drugs

Additional Information: Medicinal substances and equipments should not be used without prior approval of a trained physician and don't share these drugs with anybody else. Cordarone is made for specific conditions and it's not advisable to use it for other purposes. Medicines like Cordarone in the hands of small children can be hazardous, so keep medicinal drugs out of the reach of children.