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Can you take amitriptyline if you have a f

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Midnight_Voice

What’s an f?

Maybe you mean AF - atrial fibrillation?

Not quite sure why you are asking - your doctor should know, surely?

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ozziebob

You don't say which drugs you are taking for your AF. Are you aware you can use a site like drugs.com to find interactions between amitriptyline and other drugs. For example, here's the results for apixaban and bisoprolol ...

drugs.com/interactions-chec...

Good luck.

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Mightnot in reply toozziebob

all the drugs for AF that i am on dont counterinteract with amitrypine but it can cause af in people who are in af in the past

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Kabalino

So, Atrial fibrillation (an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm). And one of the the most common side effects of amitriptyline is drowsiness, dizziness, and abnormal heart rhythms. I would suggest not. Talk to a doctor, all the very best.

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