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At the heart of the ADECA process that is used to maintain the QTdrugs List is the active and passive surveillance of data for the thousands of prescription drugs available in the United States. We analyze this constant stream of new data to keep…
AZCERT's Scientific Review Committee has reviewed available evidence for Remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, and found that its use is associated with the development of QTc prolongation. This analysis failed to find compelling…
New icons to convey different categories of risk... To aid in the review and use of these lists, the CredibleMeds website employs specific icons for the risk categories and the drugs on the List of Drugs to Avoid by cLQTS patients. To facilitate…
The QTdrugs List includes three distinct risk categories for Torsades de Pointes (TdP) and QT prolongation but not all drugs in the List should be considered “QT prolonging”. Because of the inherent complexity of drug-induced QT prolongation and the…
Deutetrabenazine (used to treat tardive dyskinesia) and Dexmedetomidine (a sedative) were removed from the Possible Risk of TdP category and are no longer on the QTdrugs list. Our analysis of new evidence did not support their continued placement on…
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Woosley RL, Heise CW, Gallo T, Woosley RD, Lambson J. and Romero KA, www.CredibleMeds.org, QTdrugs List, [Accession Date], AZCERT, 1457 E. Desert Garden Dr., Tucson, AZ 85718
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