antiarrhythmic

Noun
  1. A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm (synset 102718852)
    is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    subtypes:
    • amiodarone, cordarone - an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective
    • encainide, enkaid - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
    • flecainide, tambocor - oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
    • mexiletine, mexitil - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias
    • quinidex, quinidine, quinora - cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
    • tocainide, tonocard - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed
    same as: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication

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