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What is Amiodarone?

Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug used to treat and prevent certain types of ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm). It works by relaxing overactive heart muscles.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Atrial Fibrillation 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Heart arrhythmias 5 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 0
Atrial Flutter 2 0
heart arrhythmi 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 8 patients currently taking Amiodarone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amiodarone

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
Dry throat 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Feeling sick 1

Reported Dosages

  100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amiodarone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 50%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 33%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Amiodarone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amiodarone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Amiodarone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amiodarone

Always
 6 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amiodarone

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 3 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amiodarone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 4 80%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.