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amiodarone and Mental Disorders

amiodarone has been researched along with Mental Disorders in 4 studies

Amiodarone: An antianginal and class III antiarrhythmic drug. It increases the duration of ventricular and atrial muscle action by inhibiting POTASSIUM CHANNELS and VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS. There is a resulting decrease in heart rate and in vascular resistance.
amiodarone : A member of the class of 1-benzofurans that is 1-benzofuran substituted by a butyl group at position 2 and a 4-[2-(diethylamino)ethoxy]-3,5-diiodobenzoyl group at position 3. It is a cardiovascular drug used for the treatment of cardiac dysrhythmias.

Mental Disorders: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia may occur: as a response to abnormal plasma binding (thyroxine binding globulin, albumin, prealbumin, or autoantibodies), because of hormone resistance, after exposure to drugs such as amiodarone, cholecystographic contrast agents, or propranolol, during acute psychiatric illness or stress, and in hyperemesis gravidarum."3.67The diagnostic challenge of euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia. ( Barlow, JW; Stockigt, JR, 1985)

Research

Studies (4)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19903 (75.00)18.7374
1990's1 (25.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Borst, GC1
Eil, C1
Burman, KD2
Wartofsky, L1
Nicholson, J1
Stockigt, JR1
Barlow, JW1

Reviews

2 reviews available for amiodarone and Mental Disorders

ArticleYear
Euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1983, Volume: 98, Issue:3

    Topics: Amiodarone; Amphetamines; Blood Protein Disorders; Female; Humans; Ipodate; Male; Mental Disorders;

1983
Alterations in thyroid function in patients with systemic illness: the "euthyroid sick syndrome".
    Endocrine reviews, 1982,Spring, Volume: 3, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Amiodarone; Animals; Anorexia Nervosa; Contrast Media; Diabetes Mellitus;

1982

Other Studies

2 other studies available for amiodarone and Mental Disorders

ArticleYear
Amiodarone and psychiatric symptoms.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1999, Volume: 175

    Topics: Amiodarone; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Humans; Mental Disorders

1999
The diagnostic challenge of euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia.
    Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine, 1985, Volume: 15, Issue:2

    Topics: Amiodarone; Autoantibodies; Female; Humans; Hyperemesis Gravidarum; Male; Mental Disorders; Prealbum

1985