Cordarone 150mg Injection

Introduction

Expert Advice

Take this medicine with or without meals. 

To avoid GI discomfort, take his medicine with meals.

If you experience dry cough, shortness of breath, irregular heart beat, bleeding, blood in urine, swelling, dark stool, numbness, skin rash.

Regular blood tests, cardiac tests, eye examinations should be done. 

Be cautious when rising from lying position. 

Wear sunscreen and proper clothes. 

Avoid direct sunlight.  

Primary Uses

Indications

This medicine is used to treat and prevent heart disorders such as recurrent ventricular fibrillation (heart rhythm problem) and abnormal heart conditions associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ( heart beats abnormally fast).

Side Effects

Severe bradycardia (decreased heart rate), headaches, fatigue, nightmares, hallucination and depression, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and constipation, corneal deposits, skin changes, ataxia, tremors, pulmonary changes, arthropathies, marked body weight loss. Hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, corneal microdeposits, raised serum transaminases, acute liver disorders, extrapyrimadal tremor, sleep disorders, photosensitivity, optic neuropathy and neuritis, Stevens Johnsons syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis.