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• If possible, speak your doctor if you have taken a heart rhythm medicine within the past 4 hours till receiving ibutilide.
• In an abnormal situation, it may not be possible to speak your caregivers that you are pregnant or breast-feeding till you are treated with ibutilide. However, create certain any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your child knows that you have received the medication.
• In some cases, your heart rhythm problem can occur again or get worse even after you are treated with ibutilide. This may be more likely if you have another problems such as congestive heart failure. However, each effort will be made to quickly treat any additional heart rhythm problems you may have.
• During your treatment with ibutilide, you will be watched closely with heart monitoring equipment so that any further problems can be treated quickly. Cardiac abnormal equipment will also be kept nearby in case it is needed to treat you.
• Heart monitoring may continue for different hours after you have stopped receiving ibutilide.
• Ibutilide is an anti-arrhythmic heart medicine that corrects determined conditions of irregular heart rhythm.
• Ibutilide is used to treat atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. If not corrected, these heart rhythm disorders can lead to heart failure or stroke if not corrected.
• Ibutilide may also be used for purposes another than those listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to ibutilide.
• Speak your doctor about any heart rhythm medications you are taking.
• In some cases, your heart rhythm problem can occur again or get worse even after you are treated with ibutilide. This may be more likely if you have another problems such as congestive heart failure. However, each effort will be made to quickly treat any additional heart rhythm problems you may have.
• FDA pregnancy category C. This medicine may be deleterious to an unborn child and is not recommended in pregnant women unless clearly needed.
• It is not known whether ibutilide passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby.
• In an abnormal situation, it may not be possible to speak your caregivers that you are pregnant or breast-feeding till you are treated with ibutilide. However, create certain any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your child knows that you have received the medication.
• Ibutilide is given as an injection through a needle placed into a vein. You will receive this injection in a hospital or abnormal setting.
• During your treatment with ibutilide, you will be watched closely with heart monitoring equipment so that any further problems can be treated quickly. Cardiac abnormal equipment will also be kept nearby in case it is needed to treat you.
• Your heart course will be constantly monitored through electrocardiograph or ECG (sometimes called an EKG). This car measures electrical activity of the heart. This will help your doctor determine how long to treat you with ibutilide.
• Heart monitoring may continue for different hours after you have stopped receiving ibutilide.
• Since ibutilide is given as needed by a healthcare professional, it is not likely that you will miss a dose.
• Speak your caregivers right away if you think you have received too many of this medicine.
• Overdose symptoms may include drowsiness, gasping for breath, or seizure (convulsions).
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity after you are treated with ibutilide.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Your caregivers will watch you closely with a heart monitor and another medical devices to check for serious side effects. Speak your caregivers if you feel short of breath or like you might pass out.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· headache; or
· nausea.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Speak your doctor if you have taken a heart rhythm medicine within the past 4 hours. This includes:
· amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone);
· dofetilide (Tikosyn);
· disopyramide (Norpace);
· ibutilide (Corvert);
· procainamide (Procan, Pronestyl);
· quinidine (Cardioquin, Quinaglute); and
· sotalol (Betapace).
• Some antihistamines can interact with ibutilide. Speak your doctor if you are using an antihistamine such as:
· azatadine (Optimine);
· azelastine (Astelin);
· brompheniramine (Dimetapp);
· chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton);
· clemastine (Tavist);
· hydroxyzine (Atarax, Vistaril); or
· promethazine (Phenergan), used to treat nausea.
• This list is not complete and there may be another drugs that can interact with ibutilide. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about ibutilide.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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