RT Book, Section
A1 Bauer, Larry A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106303426
T1 Procainamide/N-acetyl Procainamide
T2 Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 3e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794589
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106303426
RD 2024/04/24
AB Procainamide  is  an  antiarrhythmic  agent  that  is  used  intravenously  and  orally.  However,  an  oral  dosage  form  is  no  longer  available  in  the  United  States.  It  is  classified  as  a  type  IA  antiarrhythmic  agent  and  can  be  used  for  the  treatment  of  supraventricular  or  ventricular  arrhythmias.1,2  The  intravenous  form  of  procainamide  is  one  of  the  drugs  of  choice  for  the  treatment  of  hemodynamically  stable  monomorphic  ventricular  tachycardia  in  patients  without  a  prolonged  QT  interval  or  heart  failure.3  Given  orally,  procainamide  can  be  used  for  long-term  suppression  of  ventricular  arrhythmias.4