Filgrastim, sold under the brand name Neupogen among others, is a medication used to treat low blood neutrophils due to a number of causes. This includes when it occurs following chemotherapy, radiation poisoning, HIV/AIDS, or is of unknown cause.
Intravenously administered amiodarone causes heart block or bradycardia in 4.9 percent of patients and hypotension in 16 percent. 2 If these conditions occur, infusion of the drug should be discontinued, or the rate of infusion should be reduced.
Comments. 1  why amiodarone is not given in unstable vt,a patient known to have poor lv,with pulmonary edema and pulse vt, in this scenario why amiodarone is not preferred over cardioversion? Reply. 2  I think most of us have amiodarone as a solution rather then powdered form..