Original GlobalRPh source
- Product / population
- Preserved GlobalRPh source, not a freshly verified product label
- Renal measure
- Use the method specified in the original source
Historical source: not automatically current. Review current official labeling and separately attributed additions before use.
The original QTc phrase >15% of baseline is ambiguous and is preserved rather than silently converted to a current-label algorithm. This excerpt alone is not the complete monitored initiation protocol.
Usual Dosing (Adults)
TIKOSYN is indicated to maintain normal sinus rhythm/delay recurrence in patients with AF/flutter lasting >1 week who have converted to sinus rhythm, and for conversion of AF/flutter. Because of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, reserve for highly symptomatic AF/flutter. Antiarrhythmic treatment aims to prolong sinus rhythm; recurrence is expected in some. It has not shown effectiveness for paroxysmal AF.
The source lists 500 micrograms orally twice daily initially, with lower doses at physician discretion and renal doses below. Measure QTc 2 to 3 hours after the first dose. The source wording is "If the QTc >15% of baseline, or if the QTc is >500 msec (550 msec in patients with ventricular conduction abnormalities), dofetilide should be adjusted." For inpatient doses 2 through 5, measure QTc 2 to 3 hours after each dose; stop if QTc >500 ms (550 ms with ventricular conduction abnormalities).
Renal Dosing
CrCl >60 mL/min: 500 micrograms twice daily; 40 to 60: 250 micrograms twice daily; 20 to 39: 125 micrograms twice daily; <20: contraindicated.
Hemodialysis
Contraindicated.