The drug was used in emergency medicine, cardiology, and other specialties throughout the 1980s-1990s for the acute management of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation refractory to other first line treatments such as defibrillation or lidocaine. It is contraindicated in patients with AV (atrioventricular) heart block or digoxin toxicity.<unk>  should be used only in an ICU or emergency department setting and should not be used elsewhere due to its dramatic actions and its predominant side effect of hypotension.
Bretylium
Toremifene
Desomorphine
Tasimelteon
Zaleplon
Bocasan
Patiromer
Tiotixene