Denver, CO - There are 17 cases of torsades de pointes from 2 North American centers that have been described in patients taking very high doses of methadone. Given the likely expansion of methadone ...

February 9, 2010 (Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC) — Many common, useful drugs have the side effect of electrocardiographic QT-interval prolongation, which substantially increases the risk of sudden ...

Loperamide, an anti-motility opioid agonist that's available over-the-counter, was associated with Torsades de Pointes (TdP) in a recently published case study. Loperamide, an anti-motility opioid ...

Pheochromocytoma is an infrequent secondary cause of arterial hypertension, often associated with paroxysmal headache, sweating, weight loss, and palpitations. Cardiovascular complications of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 1999, as the result of growing recognition of the potential for noncardiac drugs such as terfenadine or ...

Considering taking supplements to treat Torsades de pointes? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of Torsades de pointes. Follow the links to read common ...

Marked prolongation of the QT interval and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia following medication (drug-induced long QT syndrome, diLQTS) is a severe adverse drug reaction (ADR) that phenocopies ...

Les torsades de pointe sont un phénomène identifié sur l' électrocardiogramme à type de trouble du rythme ventriculaire secondaire à un trouble de la repolarisation ventriculaire (repolarisation ...

Somehow a drug has turned into a political tool. This is nuts. Hydroxychloroquine may or may not end up having any utility as a COVID-fighting drug. But its cardiac toxicity is real, unlike the ...

On the third day of his admission, isoproterenol was stopped after no further ventricular arrhythmias were noted. The patient’s heart rate subsequently remained between 50–60 beats/min. Transthoracic ...