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.
A: Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat abnormal beating of the heart (cardiac arrhythmias). The drug has a wide range of side effects including the corneal deposits and pulmonary scarring you mentioned.miodarone may also be prescribed off-label for children to help treat irregular heartbeat. Amiodarone belongs to group of drugs known as anti-arrhythmics. There are four major classes of anti-arrhythmics, and amiodarone belongs to Class III.