Amiodarone

Amiodarone - (Brand names: Cordarone and Pacerone) is linked to severe side effects such as blindness and lung damage. Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug used to correct irregular heartbeats to normal rhythm.

Amiodarone is widely prescribed to treat heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

It is important to understand that Amiodarone is not approved for use and may not be suitable for use other than for treatment of life-threatening recurrent ventricular fibrillation and recurrent hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia, when all other available heart arrhythmia drugs have not proven effective.

Doctors are prescribing this drug for off-label use without warning their patients about the drug's life-threatening side effects or that the FDA had not approved their treatment as safe and effective.

Following are some examples of Amiodarone side effects:

• Feeling sick
• Feeling tired or lacking energy
• Feeling like you have the flu
• Loss of appetite
• Feeling itchy
• Pain on right side of stomach, just below ribs
• Yellowing coloring of skin and eyes

This list, while substantial, may not constitute a complete list of Amiodarone side effects. If you are currently using Amiodarone and have any health concerns, contact your doctor immediately.

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