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Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic tablet for ventricular arrhythmias and unstable fast heart rhythms, stocked as 100mg and 200mg tablets under Amiodarone and Cardarone.
Amiodarone
100/200mg
Amiodarone tablets in 100mg and 200mg strengths, an antiarrhythmic used to treat and prevent certain abnormal heart rhythms and unstable fast heart rates.
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic: it treats and prevents certain ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal rhythms that begin in the lower chambers of the heart) and unstable tachycardia (a fast heart rate that is not settling). It is also used for other rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation. Treatment often starts in hospital so the rhythm can be watched as the first doses go in. It works by slowing the electrical signal as it passes through heart tissue, which gives overactive areas a longer rest between beats.
Both listings on this page contain amiodarone and both come as tablets in 100mg and 200mg. Amiodarone is the plain ingredient name. Cardarone is a brand of the same medicine. The strengths match, the medicine is the same, and the choice comes down to which name you prefer to order. A 200mg tablet holds twice the amiodarone of a 100mg one.
Amiodarone comes as a plain tablet to take with water, once or twice a day. Treatment often opens at a higher amount and steps down as the rhythm settles, so the dose can differ from week to week at first. Meals make little difference provided you do it the same way each day. The drug lingers in the body, so it fades only slowly after a final tablet.
Tiredness, shaking hands, unsteadiness, dizziness and a slow heart rate are among the more common effects, and they usually show up early. Thyroid, liver, lung and skin changes tend to build slowly with long-term use. Amiodarone also makes skin more sensitive to sunlight, so burning happens more easily; long-term use can leave a grey-blue tinge on the face or hands. New breathlessness, wheezing, a cough or coughing up blood points to lung damage and needs urgent attention. Nausea, vomiting, dark urine, itching, yellowing of the eyes or skin, or pain in the upper right abdomen are signs of liver trouble.
Amiodarone interacts with a long list of medicines. Warfarin (a blood thinner), digoxin, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, and some antibiotics and antidepressants are the main ones, and taking them together can change their effect or upset the heart rhythm. St John's wort also interacts with it. Leave the tablets in their original strip until use.
Amiodarone can be ordered online from PockDose with delivery to Hong Kong. The range covers Amiodarone tablets and generic Cardarone, both as 100mg and 200mg tablets. If a parcel does not arrive within the delivery window, or arrives damaged, it is sent again free, and where that is not possible the order is refunded.
Prices vary between the two amiodarone products and between pack sizes. Every product page lists its current prices in HKD or in the currency you choose.
Yes, generic Cardarone is listed as 100mg and 200mg tablets and contains amiodarone. Alongside it the page carries Amiodarone tablets, the plain version of the ingredient, in the same two strengths.
Cardarone is a brand name of amiodarone, which is also sold as Pacerone. Here, amiodarone can be bought online as generic Cardarone and amiodarone tablets. These are generics, not the original brand.
Not straight away. Treatment usually begins with a higher dose that is stepped down as the rhythm settles, so the full effect builds gradually. Because amiodarone lingers in the body, the rhythm can stay steady for a while after the last tablet.
Yes. The tablet works with a meal or on an empty stomach; the thing to hold steady is the pattern from one day to the next.
Yes, it is one of the commoner effects. Sunburn arrives sooner than it used to, and after long treatment the face or hands may turn grey-blue. Covering up outdoors and using sun protection keeps the reaction down.
The number is how much amiodarone is in each tablet. Both strengths are the same medicine, and the 200mg tablet is double the 100mg one. Which strength and how often it is taken are decided when treatment starts and adjusted as the rhythm responds.
A long time. Amiodarone leaves the body very slowly, and traces can still be present long after the last dose. That is why the rhythm may stay controlled for a while after stopping, and why some side effects fade slowly.