Intravenous anti-influenza drug oseltamivir will not induce torsade de pointes: Evidences from proarrhythmia model and action-potential assay

We evaluated proarrhythmic risk of intravenous oseltamivir with chronic atrioventricular block canine model (n = 4) and action-potential assay on guinea-pig right ventricle (n = 5). Oseltamivir in doses of 3–30 mg/kg, i.v. did not induce torsade de pointes in the canine model, whereas that in concen...

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Main Authors: Yuji Nakamura, Rieko Sasaki, Xin Cao, Takeshi Wada, Shogo Hamaguchi, Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko, Kentaro Ando, Hikaru Tanaka, Akira Takahara, Atsushi Sugiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861316300354