Mexiletine in clinical practice.
Mexilitine is an antiarrhythmic drug with pharmacological properties similar to lignocaine. It is effective against ventricular arrhythmias, both parenterally and orally, and has been used in acute myocardial infarction, in the convalescence following myocardial infarction and in ventricular arrhythmias of different aetiology. The incidence of serious side-effects is sufficiently low to warrant its use.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000145:classification; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008801:Mexiletine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011437:Propylamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011437:Propylamines; D008801:Mexiletine; D008012:Lidocaine