Harmonix Disopyramide Degarelix Acetate
MajorDegarelix (an androgen deprivation treatment) may lengthen the QTc interval, which is a measure of how long the heart takes to reset between beats. Disopyramide is a class IA antiarrhythmic medicine, and it can also affect the QTc interval and may cause torsades de pointes, a dangerous irregular heartbeat. Other medicines with this effect include quinidine (another class IA antiarrhythmic), and the class III antiarrhythmics amiodarone, sotalol, dofetilide and ibutilide. Methadone, moxifloxacin and antipsychotics can do the same. So if degarelix is taken together with disopyramide, the doctor should carefully weigh whether the combination is suitable before it is used.
These medicines can affect each other in a serious way. Do not start taking them together unless your doctor has said it is OK. If you already take both, do not stop either one on your own: speak to your doctor or pharmacist soon.