Sunday, October 21, 2007

Methadone may cause life threatening heart rhythm disturbances

Recent evidence suggests that methadone may cause a dose dependant increase in the cardiac QT interval, leading to an increased risk of developing "torsade de pointes", a form of ventricular arrhythmia which may lead to sudden death. See Methadone for more information.

Kind regards

Dr. Richard S. Walker
www.PainClinic.org

1 Comments:

At 8:26 AM, Blogger Todd said...

Hello,

I suffer from Thalamic PAin Syndrome and I have created a blog for us sufferers to use to communicate and come closer together. The hope is to bring awareness and information to each other that may help. SO could you please post a link to my Blog on your website. I would greatly appreciate as would other Thalamic Pain Sufferers.
the URL is http://thalamicpainsufferersfightback.blogspot.com/

thank you

 

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