Click HereTherapeutic Options: Medicines not on the QTdrugs List
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Merriam-Webster defines contraindicated as “not advised as a course of treatment or procedure” but the definition fails to address who or what type of organization/agency should have the authority to decide if a treatment is contraindicated under…
A century ago, Drs. Bazett and Fridericia separately and simultaneously published their recommendations for how to correct the QT interval for differences in heart rate. Bazett recommended dividing the QT by the square root of the heart rate…
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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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