Abstract
Dronedarone was introduced in 2009 as a new antiarrhythmic agent and since then has been increasingly prescribed in atrial fibrillation or flutter. To date, two cases of severe toxic hepatitis have been reported in patients treated with dronedarone, both requiring emergency liver transplantation, and the FDA as well as the EMA have issued warnings about possible severe hepatotoxicity of dronedarone. Here we report an additional case of toxic hepatitis associated with dronedarone presenting with acute liver failure, followed by spontaneous recovery, in a 69-year old woman.
Keywords: Dronedarone, drug-induced liver injury.
Current Drug Safety
Title:Severe Toxic Hepatitis Associated with Dronedarone
Volume: 8 Issue: 3
Author(s): Stephan Jahn, Gernot Zollner, Carolin Lackner and Rudolf E. Stauber
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Keywords: Dronedarone, drug-induced liver injury.
Abstract: Dronedarone was introduced in 2009 as a new antiarrhythmic agent and since then has been increasingly prescribed in atrial fibrillation or flutter. To date, two cases of severe toxic hepatitis have been reported in patients treated with dronedarone, both requiring emergency liver transplantation, and the FDA as well as the EMA have issued warnings about possible severe hepatotoxicity of dronedarone. Here we report an additional case of toxic hepatitis associated with dronedarone presenting with acute liver failure, followed by spontaneous recovery, in a 69-year old woman.
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Jahn Stephan, Zollner Gernot, Lackner Carolin and Stauber E. Rudolf, Severe Toxic Hepatitis Associated with Dronedarone, Current Drug Safety 2013; 8 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15748863113089990031
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15748863113089990031 |
Print ISSN 1574-8863 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3911 |
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