Amiodarone again.

[higgy52]

Can you have a successful Ablations with out being on amiodarone. And against e p so advice has any one just stopped it because side affects. I've been on it nearly 2 years. 9 months since ablation. Now I need ablation for a flutter. Since I've been on amiodarone got hyperthyroI'd now on more tabletso lost 2 stone but eat all day e p just says stay on amiodarone when I ask to come off it. What do I do

[jedimasterlincoln]

I was put on amiodrone when they said flecanide was causing my flutter, it started on a 23 hour IV infusion to get my rate manageable to go home, then oral increased over a few weeks to a regular dose. I didn't stop it until the week before my flutter ablation, and then when I'd had that I was started on fecanide again.

[Happyhoppy]

My cardio consultant said that if he had his way he would never use Amiodarone! I was put on an Am drip last time I was in hospital (for AF but not an ablation) and had to have it removed as an emergency. A relative spent two years on Am and suffers permanently damaged lungs.

Have said that, it works for some people!

[zetagirl in reply to Happyhoppy]

Hi Happyhoppy, What dosage were you on and also do you know what dosage your relative was on?

[etheral]

Try Dofetilide, you need to be in the hospital to get the loading dose because of possibility of ventricular arrhythmias, but long term it has minimal side effects I was on amirodorone initially but couldn't toler ate it.After Dofetilide I have been in NSR without sideefects.

[Barb1]

I only had an intravenous shot of amioderone once when the cardioversion after the ablation failed to put me back into AF. I have been told that because of my propensity for breathlessness it should never be prescribed for me.

[Polski]

Is there any possibility of getting another EP? This drug is not doing you any favours!

[3killeens]

I had my ablation without amdiodarione it was a success ,been on amdiodarione 6months previous but had to come off of it due to side affects

[tony85]

I took amiodarone for about three months. It did cure my AF in the sense that I no longer have symptoms that I can feel. But at the same time it caused serious side effects. lung disease and eye problems. I have recovered from these problems, so in a way it was worth taking the drug. I think the main thing is not to take it longer than three months because the long term side effects (over 6months) of this drug can be fatal sometimes.

[cuore in reply to tony85]

I am taking amiodarone and have noticed a blue halo when looking at car headlights at night. I do have mineral deposits. My question is, "how long did it take for your eye problems to recover?

[higgy52 in reply to cuore]

Hi Cuote,

never really had eye problems only went a bit red, mine are thyroid problems since i was put on Amiodarone