Gerard J Fahy, MD
April 24th, 2013
Quinidine In Ireland: Rarely Needed, Hard To Find
Gerard J Fahy, MD, Niamh O'Hanlon, BPharm MSc Grad Dip Risk Mgmt Cert Pharm Prac and John Ryan, MD
Recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Viskin et al published the results of a survey looking at the worldwide availability of quinidine. They found that the drug — the only effective oral antiarrhythmic in Brugada syndrome and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation — is readily available in only 19 countries and is unavailable or […]
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