Pacerone

Generic name:amiodarone (oral) [ A-mi-OH-da-rone ]
Drug class:Group III antiarrhythmics

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com on Oct 27, 2021. Written by Cerner Multum.

What is Pacerone?

Pacerone affects the rhythm of your heartbeats.

Pacerone is used to help keep the heart beating normally in people with life-threatening heart rhythm disorders of the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart that allow blood to flow out of the heart). This medicine is used to treat ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.

Pacerone is for use only in treating life-threatening heart rhythm disorders.

Pacerone may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Warnings

Pacerone is for use only in treating life-threatening heart rhythm disorders.

You should not take Pacerone if you are allergic to Pacerone or iodine, or if you have heart block, a history of slow heartbeats that have caused you to faint, or if your heart cannot pump blood properly.

Pacerone can cause dangerous side effects on your heart, liver, lungs, or vision.

Call your doctor or get medical help at once if you have: chest pain, fast or pounding heartbeats, trouble breathing, vision problems, upper stomach pain, vomiting, dark urine, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes), or if you cough up blood.

Before taking this medicine

You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to Pacerone or iodine, or if you have:

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