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[Pseudo-alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis caused by amiodarone (Cordarone)]
A Lamproye1, J Ramos, D Larrey
1Université de Liège, Service d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|May 22, 1998
Abstract:
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug widely used to treat a variety of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. However its drawback is a very slow elimination and very frequent adverse effects (thyroid, pulmonary, neurologic, ocular, dermatologic, hepatic disorders). We describe a patient who developed a pseudoalcoholic liver disease and a cirrhosis after use of Amiodarone for a long period of time.