Patient was educated on how to take Amiodarone as follows: Take the medication at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the medication. Maintain strict compliance with intake of the medication as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the medication. Do not change the dose on this medication without consulting your doctor. Take a blood pressure and heart rate reading always before you take the pill. Maintain a [...]

Patient was educated on Amiodarone and its mechanism of action as follows: Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication that is mainly a potassium channel blocker, but also has some sodium channel blocking, Beta blocking, and calcium channel blocking properties. Amiodarone reduces the excitability of cardiac tissues and reduces the conduction velocity of the impulse, thus preventing arrhythmias. Amiodarone prolongs of the repolarization of heart muscle cells. This leads to prolonging the total duration of action potential [...]