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.
Almost any substance taken into the body affects the equilibrium of the comanism. Heart rate is one of the quickest changes that occur as a direct reflection of this change that results in disequilibrium. For example, beta blockers (Inderal, Propranolol, Lopressor, etc.) cause bradycardia or the heart rate to drop.