Amiodarone should be used with caution in older patients, requiring careful patient selection, cardiologist consultation, and regular clinical and biochemical monitoring due to serious adverse effects and drug interactions.
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Urges cardiologist consultation and avoidance in high-risk elderly before amiodarone; leaves open prospective validation of monitoring protocols.
Srinivasan et al. (2019) studied this question.
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