Amiodarone neuropathy

Alberto Martinez-Arizala; Samuel M. Sobol; Garland E. McCarty; Buddy R. Nichols; Louis Rakita

doi:10.1212/wnl.33.5.643

Amiodarone neuropathy

Alberto Martinez-Arizala, Samuel M. Sobol, Garland E. McCarty, Buddy R. Nichols, Louis Rakita

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Abstract

Amiodarone, a drug used to treat refractory cardiac arrhythmias, produced a peripheral neuropathy in 5 of 50 cases (10%). Although the neuropathy may be severe, it tends to improve with lowering of the dosage or discontinuation of the medication.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	643-645
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurology
Volume	33
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.33.5.643
State	Published - May 1983
Externally published	Yes

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