Recent news on Mexiletine

Regulating heartbeat the safe way  -  Jan 9, 2007
Times Daily (subscription),I'll list other drugs that regulate heartbeat (and control blood pressure) so you can Google them: procainamide, disopyramide, mexiletine, flecainide,

Endo Pharmaceuticals Submits Citizen Petition to FDA Regarding ...  -  Dec 19, 2006
Market Wire (press release)...with severe hepatic disease, pregnant or nursing mothers, or those receiving Class 1 antiarrhythmic drugs (such as tocainide and mexiletine) because of the ...

Endo Pharmaceuticals Comments on Lidoderm(R)  Oct 17, 2006
...with severe hepatic disease, pregnant or nursing mothers, or those receiving Class 1 antiarrhythmic drugs (such as tocainide and mexiletine) because of the ... -PR Newswire (press release), Antiarrhythmic Therapy for Prevention of Implantable Cardioverter ...  Sep 12, 2006
...ejection fraction, have overall poorer long-term prognosis, and sometimes require addition of another antiarrhythmic drug, such as procainamide or mexiletine. ... -Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

Early Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis ...  -  Nov 17, 2006
DG News200 subjects with active PsA receiving anti-inflammatory treatment from International Mexiletine and Placebo Antiarrhythmic Coronary Trial (IMPACT II).

Stem Cell :: Treat muscle wasting disease - muscular dystrophy  -  Nov 15, 2006
SpiritIndia,...a muscle after a strong contraction) occurring in myotonic muscular dystrophy may be treated with medications such as quinine, phenytoin, or mexiletine.

Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus)  Jun 23, 2006
In one study, it was effective in reducing pain and had no major side effects. Mexiletine. Mexiletine (Mexitil) is an agent that ... -About - News & Issues



Neuropathic Pain: An Update on Effective Management Strategies  May 5, 2006
...sensitization are drugs that affect the sodium channels (eg, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, topiramate, lamotrigine, lidocaine, and mexiletine). ... - Medscape (subscription)





SCN5A gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans  Mar 22, 2006
Fortunately, a drug called Mexiletine, used to treat patients with arrhythmias, blocks late re-openings of sodium channels at low levels that do not interfere ... - Xagena.it

Gene variation finding may open door to screenings for SIDS risk  Mar 16, 2006
The drug called mexiletine, used to treat patients with arrhythmias, blocks late re-openings of sodium channels at low levels that do not interfere with normal ... - University of Chicago Chronicle



A genetic clue to high SIDS rate in black infants  Feb 2, 2006
Goldstein's team also found that treating cells that carried two copies of the new mutation with the drug mexiletine, used in adults with heart arrhythmias ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Common Gene Variant Linked to African American SIDS  Feb 2, 2006
Although the effects of the Y1103 variant can be suppressed by the anti-arrhythmic drug Mexitil (mexiletine), the current study needs to be replicated, and ... - CNN

Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans  Feb 5, 2006
Fortunately, a drug called mexiletine, used to treat patients with arrhythmias, blocks late re-openings of sodium channels at low levels that do not interfere ... - Biology News Net

A genetic clue to high SIDS rate in black infants  Feb 2, 2006
Goldstein's team also found that treating cells that carried two copies of the new mutation with the drug mexiletine, used in adults with heart arrhythmias ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Researchers Link Mutant Gene to Crib Deaths in Blacks  Feb 2, 2006
...rapid, erratic heartbeats — under stress, but studies have shown that the heart rate can be controlled with a drug called mexiletine, which closes sodium ... - Los Angeles Times

Common Gene Variant Linked to African American SIDS  Feb 2, 2006
Although the effects of the Y1103 variant can be suppressed by the anti-arrhythmic drug Mexitil (mexiletine), the current study needs to be replicated, and ... - CNN

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