What major side effects of antiarrhythmics limit their clinical use, especially for long term preventive therapy?

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What major side effects of antiarrhythmics limit their clinical use, especially for long term preventive therapy?

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Arrhythmias:
Disruption in the normal electrical conductivity of the heart affecting the way they beat normally and can lead to a faster, irregular heartbeat.

Antiarrhythmic drugs are medications that help in reducing the electrical impulses in our heart and make them beat regularly again.

Antiarrhythmics also helps in preventing other arrhythmia symptoms such as 
-Fainting
-Lightheadedness
-heart palpitations
-Chest pain
-Breath shortness

 

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