Experiences with

Dofetilide

Time will tell but we will back off with he dofetilide ( was failing after 6years) and see what comes Was worth the risk no doubt! Today I feel damn lucky. Thanks to all the encouragement over the years, dear friends. Hope i can return the favor

One other option that we have discussed is chemical cardioversion with dofetilide, but my dr doesn't like that one, since it carries risk. So i hope i am making right choice to go ahead with the AV NODE ABLATION. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4. jodie

Is dofetilide is most effective medicine for afib or flutter and keep nsr for years? Perhaps yet it's availability is in few countries other than US. Please share information about treatment of afib or flutter with this medicine. Thanks

Dofetilide route? Would a second EP opinion make sense? Thanks very much - this forum has been extremely helpful to me.

I using the generic Dofetilide. Much cheaper. I lost 7 1/2 lbs. on the bland meals. I call it "The Hospital Diet". 😊

I have afib and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy along with a history of 3 ablations and 7 cardioversions. I recently started taking Dofetilitde after the required 3 day hospital stay. IT is now 10 day later and I still have passing epidodes of afib. I am interested to hear about anyone else on defetilide

I recently started taking Dofetilide, so maybe the medication is helping to resolve afib episodes. Any thoughts on how accurate Apple Watch is regarding afib?

Is anyone on this forum using this drug? Yesterday I met with a cardiologist who recommended it. (He was selling ablations, but when I said I thought I'd try medications for a while, this was the one he recommended.) Apparently it is less toxic in the long run than Amiodarone, but it requires three-days

My new EP wants to try a Medication on me called Dofetilide. It is supposed to be as good as amiodarone without all the bad side effects of it because I cannot take amiodarone. The downside to it is that I will be in the hospital several days while they start it.

He gave me various options i.e. more Metoprolol Succinate, going back on Dofetilide, or having an ablation. I chose the last option. I'll be having the SVT ablation (which he said is an easy fix), but he'll also check how the previous ablated veins are doing on the other side.

I take dofetilide and Eliquis twice a day - also just had ablation

I have been taking dofetilide for just over 1 month. I don't have AF but thousands of PAC's, ectopics and atrial tachycardia every day. These palpitations keep me awake for hours every night. So far I have seen no relief from palpitations.

Previously, I mentioned that my doctor was taking me off Dofetilide. I stopped it 8 days ago and this morning discovered I was back in a-fib, after 7 months in sinus. I'm sure it's caused by the stress of the present snowstorm.

My mother has stage 3 kidney disease, and was just started on Tykosin. Her labs for creatinine and GFR are already worse after the initial 3 day dosing...anyone have similar experience? What happened? Any chance of improving the lab results once she's off the Tykosin? She just had 2nd ablation and

. :( New med is dofetilide, I know that’s not available in the UK, I’m in the US. My EP has been suggesting the switch for a while now. But of course the 3 day hospital stay has put me off. Finally ready to get it over with and see if it works and gives me back my energy.

My dr wants me to take a drug dofetilide and get admitted to the hospitals for my afib. I had three episodes this week 16 hours 30 hours then cardio version mow 4 days later in it again?! Im afraid has anyone tried this drug doe treatment. If you get an abaltion are you awake

Still on meds (dofetilide, eliquis, stopped metatoprol) . Will see Dr in a couple of weeks. Wondering why. Thanks everyone!

Update on my husband (57) who finally stopped dofetilide (Tikosyn) after having had an ablation last October. Well, after only a week, AF came back! (possibly triggered by alcohol). The doc said to go back on the dofetilide and up the metoprolol for his high heart rate.

But he did tolerate the Dofetilide perfectly. So we will see how it goes, and my best to everyone!

Has anyone taken this drug, Tikosyn dofetilide? Or heard about it? It is an antiarrhythmic drug used to “help keep the heart beating normally in people with certain heart rhythm disorders of the atrium (the upper chambers of the heart).