When used in reference to time, date almost exclusively refers to a specific 24 hour period that begins at midnight and ends at 11:59pm. When used this way, the date will be specified with a year (CE or BCE), the name of the month, and the number of the day within that month.
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication that affects the rhythm of heartbeats. Amiodarone is used to help keep the heart beating normally in people with life-threatening heart rhythm disorders of the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart that allow blood to flow out of the heart).
The drug should also be used cautiously in patients with severe lung disease (which may interfere with the detection of adverse effects). Before choosing amiodarone for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, clinicians should consider other options.