Non‐antiarrhythmic drugs prolonging the QT interval:considerable use in seven countries

• Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 171 - 177
• Main Authors: De Ponti, Fabrizio, Poluzzi, Elisabetta, Vaccheri, Alberto, Bergman, Ulf, Bjerrum, Lars, Ferguson, John, Frenz, Kerry J., McManus, Peter, Schubert, Ingrid, Selke, Gisbert, Terzis‐Vaslamatzis, Georgia, Montanaro, Nicola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.08.2002; Blackwell Science Inc
• Subjects: adverse drug reactions; Australia; Drug Prescriptions; drug utilization; Drug Utilization Review; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Europe; Humans; Long QT Syndrome - chemically induced; Long QT Syndrome - etiology; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Pharmacovigilance; QT prolongation; torsades de pointes; Australia; Europe

Aims  Many drugs belonging to different therapeutic classes appear to share a potentially fatal side‐effect: ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated with QT prolongation. The aim of this study was to assess the relevance and the magnitude of the problem in seven countries by grouping all nonantiarrh...