Drilldown: Medicines

None (1) · Amiodarone (1) · Mirabegron (1)

Cordarone, Pacerone, Nexterone (IV) (1) · Myrbetriq (1) · Quviviq (1)

Dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) (1) · [[:Category:Antiarrhythmics|Antiarrhythmic (Vaughan-Williams class III)]] (1) · [[:Category:Beta-3_agonists|β3 adrenergic agonist]] (1) · [[:Category:Cardiovascular_agents|Cardiovascular agent]] (1) · [[:Category:Overactive_bladder_medications|Overactive bladder medication]] (1)

None (3)

Insomnia (sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance) in adults (FDA-approved Jan 2022) (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000C4C-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000C4D-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000CB0-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000CB1-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000CB2-QINU`"' (1)

25 mg PO at bedtime (no titration); may increase to 50 mg if 25 mg inadequate (1) · 25 mg PO once daily; titrate to 50 mg after 4-8 weeks if needed (1) · Oral load 800-1600 mg/d in divided doses for 1-3 weeks, then 600-800 mg/d for 1 month, then 200-400 mg/d maintenance; IV 150 mg over 10 min then 1 mg/min for 6 hours then 0.5 mg/min (1)

100, 200, 400 mg tablets; 50 mg/mL IV (with polysorbate 80 in older formulations causing hypotension); 1.5 mg/mL Nexterone IV (PVC-free, lower hypotension risk) (1) · 25 mg, 50 mg tablets (1) · 25, 50 mg ER tablets; 8 mg/mL granules for oral suspension (Myrbetriq Granules, pediatric) (1)

None · Indication-specific · 40 mg/d · 10 mg/d · 20 mg/d · 80 mg/d · 10 mg/d (adults) · 100 mg/d · 4 g/d · 400 mg/d · 40 mg/d typical; up to 240 mg/d for Zollinger-Ellison · 5 mg/d · 50 mg/d · 600 mg/d · No fixed ceiling; titrate to clinical effect and tolerability with CDC opioid prescribing guidance constraints on morphine-milligram-equivalent (MME) totals · No fixed maximum; titrated to TSH target · TID per eye · Titrated to glucose; no fixed ceiling · Titrated to glucose; no fixed maximum · '''20 mg/day in adults >60 years''' per FDA's 2011-2012 QT-prolongation warning; 40 mg/day in adults ≤60

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IV (1) · Oral (3)

IV: minutes; oral: weeks to load (1) · Symptom improvement within weeks (1) · ~30 min (1)

24 hours (1) · Weeks after discontinuation (extremely long half-life) (1) · ~7-8 hours (1)

~50 hours'"`UNIQ--ref-00000C4E-QINU`"' (1) · ~58 days (parent); ~61 days (desethylamiodarone, active metabolite)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000CB3-QINU`"' (1) · ~8 hours (shorter than suvorexant and lemborexant) (1)

25 mg: ~29%; 50 mg: ~35%; food reduces absorption'"`UNIQ--ref-00000C4F-QINU`"' (1) · ~50% (oral; highly variable)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000CB4-QINU`"' (1) · ~62% (1)

Generally avoided; fetal goiter/hypothyroidism risk (iodine load). Used only for life-threatening arrhythmia.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Limited data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Limited data; avoid (1)

Rx, Schedule IV (US) (1) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (1) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US. Carries '''Boxed Warnings''' for pulmonary toxicity (interstitial pneumonitis, fibrosis), hepatotoxicity, and proarrhythmia'"`UNIQ--ref-00000CB5-QINU`"' (1)