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Ten-year trends in prescribing of antiarrhythmic drugs in Australian primary care patients with atrial fibrillation

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posted on 2023-05-21, 03:25 authored by Woldesellassie BezabheWoldesellassie Bezabhe, Luke BereznickiLuke Bereznicki, Janette RadfordJanette Radford, Mohammed SalahudeenMohammed Salahudeen, Edward Garrahy, Barbara Wimmer, Ivan BindoffIvan Bindoff, Gregory PetersonGregory Peterson
Despite changes in antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) choice in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), trends in AAD prescribing remain not investigated. We aimed to examine these changes using a nationwide Australian general practice data from 2009 to 2018. Over the 10 years, AAD prescribing in patients with AF decreased, which was mainly due to a reduction in the use of amiodarone, sotalol and digoxin. In contrast, the use of beta-blockers and flecainide increased.

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Publication title

Internal Medicine Journal

Volume

51

Issue

10

Pagination

1732-1735

ISSN

1444-0903

Department/School

School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Asia

Place of publication

54 University St, P O Box 378, Carlton, Australia, Victoria, 3053

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© 2021 Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions

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    antiarrhythmic drugsatrial fibrillationprimary carearrhythmia

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