Ondansetron (Zofran, etc) will join the list of drugs getting stronger warnings about "QT prolongation"
December 2011
Ondansetron (Zofran, etc) will join the list of drugs getting stronger warnings about "QT prolongation."
If you think you are hearing more about "QT warnings" these days than ever before, you're right. This upswing in QT warnings is partly due to FDA's effort to alert people to meds that can change heart rhythm.
You recently heard about QT problems with Seroquel and Celexa. These meds can change the way a person's heart beats...by prolonging the "QT interval" on an EKG and increasing the risk for sudden death.
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