QuinidineProcainamideAmiodaroneCardiac arrhythmiaAntiarrhythmic drugsLife-threateningMexiletineDigoxinAllergic to disopyramideTake disopyramideMedicationsStop disopyramideAtrial FlutterVentricular fibrillationBradycardiaSupraventricular tachycardiaIntervalConductionIrregularMyasthenia gravisOccurSymptomaticPrecautionsNicotineSeizuresAlcoholAbnormalBenignHepaticInitiationSevereCapsuleSerumPatientsRiskUncommonHeart beatsTreatmentSide effects
Quinidine4
- Mexiletine is a Class 1B antiarrhythmic compound with electrophysiologic properties in man similar to those of lidocaine, but dissimilar from quinidine, procainamide, and disopyramide. (nih.gov)
- The antiarrhythmic effect of mexiletine has been established in controlled comparative trials against placebo, quinidine, procainamide and disopyramide. (nih.gov)
- Concomitant treatment with quinidine, disopyramide, procainamide, phenothiazines, antihistamines, monoamine oxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants can prolong the QTc-interval and increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias. (oushodsheba.com)
- Class IA - Quinidine, disopyramide, procainamide. (shakuhachi.net)
Procainamide4
- Because of procainamide's proarrhythmic properties and lack of evidence of improved survival for any antiarrhythmic drug, reserve procainamide for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. (drugs.com)
- Reserve for suppression and prevention of documented life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in carefully selected patients in whom the benefits of procainamide therapy outweigh the possible risks. (drugs.com)
- class 1C antiarrhythmic drugs (flecainide, propafenone) and class 1A agents (procainamide, disopyramide). (nih.gov)
- Doctors will traditionally order any number of drugs from their pharmaceutical arsenal, including digoxin, the blood thinner warfarin, calcium channel blockers (like diltiazem or nifedipine), beta blockers (like propranolol, sotalol or metoprolol) or anti-arrhythmic drugs like propafenone, procainamide, disopyramide or amiodarone. (essentialformulas.com)
Amiodarone1
- Patients randomized to the antiarrhythmic drug arm of the study received treatment with one of six eligible drugs: amiodarone, disopyramide, dronedarone, flecainide, propafenone, or sotalol. (mdedge.com)
Cardiac arrhythmia5
- Norpace should not be given to patients uncompensated or marginally compensated congestive heart failure or hypotension unless the congestive heart failure or hypotension is secondary to cardiac arrhythmia . (rxwiki.com)
- Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat in which the heart beats are too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or in an abnormal rhythm. (holisticly.com)
- Any issues that arise in this process could lead to cardiac arrhythmia. (holisticly.com)
- What causes cardiac arrhythmia? (holisticly.com)
- Discontinue if signs & symptoms that may be associated w/ cardiac arrhythmia occur. (azurewebsites.net)
Antiarrhythmic drugs3
- Taking antiarrhythmic drugs, including disopyramide, may increase the risk of death. (medlineplus.gov)
- Although the purpose of antiarrhythmic drugs is to control arrhythmias, these medications may also cause arrhythmias and confusing ECG changes. (ecgwaves.com)
- Below follows a rather detailed declaration of ECG changes, arrhythmias and conduction defects that occur due to antiarrhythmic drugs, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers (inhibitors). (ecgwaves.com)
Life-threatening2
- Disopyramide may increase the chance of having arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) and has not been proven to help people without life-threatening arrhythmias to live longer. (medlineplus.gov)
- This is because these patients are at particularly high risk of developing life-threatening arrhythmias. (ecgwaves.com)
Mexiletine2
- In animal studies, mexiletine has been shown to be effective in the suppression of induced ventricular arrhythmias, including those induced by glycoside toxicity and coronary artery ligation. (nih.gov)
- Theoretically, therefore, mexiletine may be useful in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias associated with a prolonged QT interval. (nih.gov)
Digoxin2
- ECG changes and arrhythmias caused by digoxin were discussed previously. (ecgwaves.com)
- Digoxin - in HF level is 0.5-2.0 - in arrhythmia, it's 1.5-2.5 - digoxin has a narrow therapeutic index so know. (digitalpharmd.com)
Allergic to disopyramide1
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to disopyramide, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in disopyramide capsules. (medlineplus.gov)
Take disopyramide4
- Take disopyramide exactly as directed. (medlineplus.gov)
- Continue to take disopyramide even if you feel well. (medlineplus.gov)
- Your doctor may tell you not to take disopyramide. (medlineplus.gov)
- Older adults should not usually take disopyramide because it is not as safe or effective as other medications that can be used to treat the same condition. (medlineplus.gov)
Medications4
- Disopyramide is a prescription medications used to treat life-threatening ventricular (lower chambers of the heart) arrhythmias. (rxwiki.com)
- Disopyramide is in a class of medications called antiarrhythmic medications. (medlineplus.gov)
- Identification of relatives at risk using EKG or (if the pathogenic variant in the family is known) molecular genetic testing enables use of preventive measures and avoidance of medications that can induce ventricular arrhythmias. (nih.gov)
- There are a number of reasons that one may experience arrhythmias such as nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, stress, candida albicans, infections and even medications. (essentialformulas.com)
Stop disopyramide1
- If this happens, your doctor will stop disopyramide. (rxwiki.com)
Atrial Flutter1
- For patient education information, see the Heart Health Center , as well as Atrial Flutter , Arrhythmias (Heart Rhythm Disorders) , Stroke , Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT, PSVT) , and Palpitations . (medscape.com)
Ventricular fibrillation2
- Carbon monoxide also increases susceptibility to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia. (holisticly.com)
- Disopyramide may provoke or aggravate any ventricular arrhythmia, such as ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation , torsade de pointes etc). (ecgwaves.com)
Bradycardia1
- It is prohibited to receive Disopyramide during the following conditions: atrioventricular block, severe bradycardia, severe heart insufficiency, cardiogenic shock. (closerpharmacy.com)
Supraventricular tachycardia1
- Reentrant, automatic, or triggered mechanisms may cause ventricular arrhythmia (VA), just as these mechanisms cause supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and other arrhythmias. (medscape.com)
Interval2
- Disopyramide may cause prolongation of the QT interval. (rxwiki.com)
- Rare cases of serious cardiovascular adverse events, including electrocardiographic QT/QTc interval prolongation, cardiac arrest, torsades de pointes, and other ventricular arrhythmias, have been observed (See CONTRAINDICATIONS). (drugcentral.org)
Conduction1
- Brugada syndrome is characterized by cardiac conduction abnormalities (ST segment abnormalities in leads V 1 -V 3 on EKG and a high risk for ventricular arrhythmias) that can result in sudden death. (nih.gov)
Irregular1
- Disopyramide is used to treat certain types of irregular heartbeats). (medlineplus.gov)
Myasthenia gravis1
- Disopyramide should not be used in patients with glaucoma, myasthenia gravis, or urinary retention. (rxwiki.com)
Occur2
- Used parenterally (preferably IM) in the treatment of arrhythmias that occur during surgery and anesthesia. (drugs.com)
- 1- 3 Although patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot achieve a good quality of life, late complications do occur in 10-15% at 20 years after the initial repair, of which the most important are right sided heart failure caused by pulmonary regurgitation and supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia. (bmj.com)
Symptomatic1
- During six successful pregnancies (12%) complications (symptomatic right sided heart failure, arrhythmias, or both) occurred. (bmj.com)
Precautions1
- See the "Disopyramide Precautions" section. (rxwiki.com)
Nicotine2
- Not only is nicotine from smoking potentially harmful, but chewing and inhaling second hand nicotine can increase the chances of developing short-term atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias as well. (holisticly.com)
- Nicotine is not the only component of tobacco smoke that promotes heart arrhythmia, carbon monoxide is also harmful. (holisticly.com)
Seizures1
- Electrocardiograms (ECGs) and electroencephalograms may be used upon initial presentation postsyncope in order to exclude cardiac and neurologic causes (i.e., arrhythmias and seizures). (uspharmacist.com)
Alcohol1
- Alcohol can make the side effects from disopyramide worse. (medlineplus.gov)
Abnormal3
- Disopyramide treats abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). (rxwiki.com)
- Disopyramide is a prescription medication used to treat life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). (rxwiki.com)
- An abnormal heart rhythm is called an arrhythmia. (shakuhachi.net)
Benign4
- Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) may be an isolated and completely benign finding in children, a marker of serious systemic disease or myopathy, or a mechanism for syncope and sudden cardiac death (SCD). (medscape.com)
- Many people experience "benign" arrhythmias and these can last for years. (essentialformulas.com)
- If you've been told you have a benign arrhythmia, or pacemaker syndrome, junctional dysrhythmia, sick sinus syndrome or some other arrhythmia, it's possible that your doctor has offered to fix it with ablation or a pacemaker. (essentialformulas.com)
- Recently, I went to the cardiologist with a friend of mine who had been experiencing a benign arrhythmia for two years. (essentialformulas.com)
Hepatic1
- In case of an infraction of kidney and hepatic function, the dosage of disopyramide must be lessened (the "starting" dosage is to be less than 0.2g, then 0.1g in case of the longer intervals). (closerpharmacy.com)
Initiation1
- Mechanisms of arrhythmia initiation, maintenance, and termination are best understood by reviewing the basic electrophysiologic properties of the cardiac cells. (mhmedical.com)
Severe3
- Disopyramide may cause or worsen congestive heart failure or produce severe low blood pressure. (rxwiki.com)
- Because of procainamide's arrhythmogenic potential, lack of evidence for improved survival for class I antiarrhythmic agents, and risk of serious, potentially fatal adverse hematologic effects (see Boxed Warning), particularly leukopenia or agranulocytosis, use for less severe arrhythmias not recommended. (drugs.com)
- If you're symptoms are severe, this could absolutely help you, but depending on the condition, your mild arrhythmia might just make you lightheaded, dizzy or fatigued. (essentialformulas.com)
Capsule2
- Disopyramide comes in capsule form. (rxwiki.com)
- Disopyramide comes as a capsule and an extended-release (long-acting) capsule to take by mouth. (medlineplus.gov)
Serum1
- Terfenadine: Serum levels leading to ventricular arrhythmias. (cyno.co.in)
Patients1
- Caution should be exercised in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, ulcerative colitis, arrhythmias with rapid ventricular action, coronary heart disease with mitral stenosis (one of the valves in the heart) and in elderly patients. (herbapol.pl)
Risk2
- Structural heart disease also increases the risk of developing arrhythmias during disopyramide treatment. (ecgwaves.com)
- The deviations to both extremes (hypo- and hyperkalemia) are related to the risk of cardiac arrhythmias. (shakuhachi.net)
Uncommon1
- Cardiac arrhythmias and hypertensive emergencies are not uncommon in the intensive care unit. (mhmedical.com)
Heart beats1
- Overview of Arrhythmias The normal heart beats in a regular, coordinated way because electrical impulses generated and spread by myocytes with unique electrical properties trigger a sequence of organized myocardial. (msdmanuals.com)
Treatment1
- Treatment of ventricular arrhythmias (e.g., sustained VT) that in the judgment of the clinician are life-threatening, but usually not the antiarrhythmic of first choice. (drugs.com)
Side effects4
- Serious side effects have been reported with disopyramide. (rxwiki.com)
- This is not a complete list of disopyramide side effects. (rxwiki.com)
- Disopyramide may cause side effects. (medlineplus.gov)
- Disopyramide may have anti-cholinergic side-effects such as dry mouth, blurred vision and urinary retention. (gpnotebook.com)