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Amiodarone neuropathy
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Amiodarone neuropathy

A Martinez-Arizala, S M Sobol, G E McCarty, B R Nichols and L Rakita
Neurology, Vol.33(5), pp.643-645
1983-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.33.5.643
PMID: 6302557

Abstract

Aged Amiodarone - adverse effects Arrhythmias, Cardiac - drug therapy Benzofurans - adverse effects Female Humans Male Middle Aged Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced Paresthesia - chemically induced Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced Tremor - chemically induced
Amiodarone, a drug used to treat refractory cardiac arrhythmias, produced a peripheral neuropathy in 5 of 50 cases (10%). Although the neuropathy may be severe, it tends to improve with lowering of the dosage or discontinuation of the medication.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.94 Cardiac Arrhythmia
1.94.582 Ventricular Tachycardia
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Clinical Neurology
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