title: Acute severe back pain radiating to the whole body during intravenous administration of amiodarone.
abstract: Amiodarone represents an effective antiarrhythmic drug for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and maintenance of sinus rhythm. Acute low back and/or epigastric pain has been reported in the medical literature as a rare side effect of amiodarone, but most cases were Europeans, one was Chinese. We present the case of a Japanese patient who experienced acute severe back pain radiating to the whole body a few minutes after intravenous (IV) infusion of amiodarone.
authors.forename: Yiwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001416:Back Pain / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D057915:Drug Substitution; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone