TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Procainamide/N-acetyl Procainamide A1 - Bauer, Larry A. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 3e 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106303426 ER -