Assertion: amiodarone | /r/HasProperty | prescribed throughout europe
Facets:
value: commonly
type: DEGREE
value: by 1980
type: TEMPORAL
value: for the treatment of arrhythmias
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: By 1980, amiodarone was commonly prescribed throughout Europe for the treatment of arrhythmias, but in the U.S. amiodarone remained unapproved by the Food and Drug Administration, and physicians were forced to directly obtain amiodarone from pharmaceutical companies in Canada and Europe.[citation needed]