The use of droperidol as a tranquilizer sedative has declined due to its association with _____.

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The use of droperidol has declined since its cautionary warning regarding a potential association with fatal cardiac arrhythmia. It should be noted that challenges were made to distance the potential of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia from droperidol through its otherwise relatively uneventful history of fatal arrhythmia during its use estimated as fewer than 10 fatal arrhythmias in 1 million patients treated.

The Use of Droperidol as a Tranquilizer Sedative Has Declined