Who should not take Farydak?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- a bad infection
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- decreased blood platelets
- low amount of magnesium in the blood
- anemia
- heart attack within the last 30 days
- a low supply of oxygen rich blood to the heart
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- liver problems
- pregnancy
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- a sudden worsening of heart related chest pain called angina
- abnormal heart rhythm
- bleeding
- diarrhea
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- Child-Pugh class B liver impairment
- Child-Pugh class A liver impairment
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