Pharmaceutical compositions for terminating acute episodes of cardiac arrhythmia, restoring sinus rhythm, preventing recurrence of cardiac arrhythmia and/or maintaining normal sinus rhythm in mammals
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of preventing or treating acute and/or chronic cardiac arrhythmias in a mammal, including terminating acute episodes of cardiac arrhythmia, restoring normal sinus rhythm, preventing recurrence of cardiac arrhythmia and/or maintaining normal sinus rhythm, which contain a combination of 1-[2-[(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine and 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine.
1 . A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating acute and/or chronic cardiac arrhythmias in a mammal comprising an effective amount of a combination of 1-[2[(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine and 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine.
2 . The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
3 . The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein said 1-[2-[(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine comprises from 0.01% to 1% of said composition and 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine comprises from 99% to 99.99% of said composition.