Filgrastim, sold under the brand name Neupogen among others, is a medication used to treat low blood neutrophils due to a number of causes. This includes when it occurs following chemotherapy, radiation poisoning, HIV/AIDS, or is of unknown cause.
Intravenously administered amiodarone causes heart block or bradycardia in 4.9 percent of patients and hypotension in 16 percent. 2 If these conditions occur, infusion of the drug should be discontinued, or the rate of infusion should be reduced.
It should not be used in : patients who are allergic to amiodarone , iodine or to any other ingredients in the medicine , heart failure , weak heart ( cardiomyopathy ) , slower than usual heartbeat ( sinus bradycardia ) or sino-atrial heart block , patients with other problems with their heartbeat who do not have a pacemaker , history of problems ...