Study: Common Drugs Associated with Increased Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmia and Sudden Death in Elderly Patients
This means outcome studies including the measure of sudden death based on large clinical data sets are especially important to assess the risk of drug-induced arrhythmia.
- This means outcome studies including the measure of sudden death based on large clinical data sets are especially important to assess the risk of drug-induced arrhythmia.
- Of the short-term drugs, researchers found the antibiotics levofloxacin increased the risk of cardiac arrhythmia or sudden death by 51% compared to the amoxicillin control, while erythromycin had an increased risk of 63%.
- The anti-nausea drug ondansetron increased the risk of a cardiac adverse event by 205%, while the antifungal fluconazole increased the risk by 123%.
- Current patients prescribed the antipsychotics showed an increased risk of arrhythmia or sudden death of 118% compared to patients who never received the drug.