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A member asked:

I started amiodarone on march 28 and stopped april 30. what's the half life for that small amount of time?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Really really long: amiodarone stays in the system for a very long time. the last bit of it decreases by half approximately every TWO MONTHS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10872646 about 20% incidence of adverse events BUT, the more serious adverse events basically only occur with being on the drug for a much longer time.

Answered 7/24/2019

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