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Case Reports
. 2005 Feb 15;98(2):355-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.01.001.

Acute low back pain during intravenous administration of amiodarone: a report of two cases

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Eugenia Pappa, Pavlos Karanikis, Evaggelos Kountouris, Vasiliki Dimitroula, Konstantinos Siogas
Case Reports

Acute low back pain during intravenous administration of amiodarone: a report of two cases

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos et al. Int J Cardiol. .

Abstract

Amiodarone represents an effective antiarrhythmic drug for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and maintenance of sinus rhythm. We briefly describe two patients suffering from recent-onset atrial fibrillation, who experienced an acute devastating low back pain a few minutes after initiation of intravenous amiodarone loading. Notably, this side effect has not been ever reported in the medical literature. Clinicians should be aware of this reaction since prompt termination of parenteral administration leads to complete resolution.

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