The authors reviewed adverse events (AEs) reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration to determine the percentage of statin-associated AE reports with concurrent amiodarone use for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A serious side effect of the heart drug amiodarone, sold under the trade name Cordarone, appears to affect women, but not men. Amiodarone, which is used to treat a common ...

In patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who require amiodarone therapy, anticoagulation with the factor Xa inhibitor apixaban instead of warfarin carries lower risks of stroke, systemic embolism, ...

Reducing how often a patient receives amiodarone, a medication used for suppressing atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat) but which causes side effects, did not decrease the overall amount of ...

From 1990 through March 2002, there were 3651 simvastatin-associated MOS reports, of which 36 reported concomitant amiodarone use. Over the same time period, there were 3767 atorvastatin-associated ...