Re: Need Some answers please

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Delia, can you tell us the name of the drug your father was taking?

ns

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yes im sorry i forgot to mention that...he was taking Amiodarone for

18 months

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Delia

What drug was it that your father was put on. I think in your distress you

forgot to mention it. Some of the antiarrhythmic drugs can arise a

prolongation of the QT wave and then v/tac and sudden death. That is why

they should be initiated in a hospital setting. You can email me personally

if you want. Some of the side effects of these drugs are realy scary.

Fran

Need Some answers please

> My father died Dec 2, 2002...we believe this drug may have killed

> him...could anyone give us any info on the side affects please...he

> was on the drug for 18 months for Afib...he was put in the hospital

> nov 8 2002 for what they pneumonia but once he was in there he got

> worse and they had no clue what was wrong with him...he basicallt

> died from respitory failure and he went into VFIB...it was terrible

> seeing my father suffer so much to breathe...he was 49yrs old...49 to

> me is way way to young to die...anyways if anyone could please help i

> would greatly appreciate...the last thing my father said to us was if

> this drug kills him get a lawyer...thanks agian....Delia

>

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Delia

Do a search on the top of this board for amioderone. Some have lost their

thyroids to this drug, others have had lung problems. Was you father being

monitored for these. It is also one of the pro arrhythmic drugs and can

cause a prolongation of the QT, resulting in Torsades de points, which is

basically V Tach.

I hope for your fathers sake you can get a good lawyer.

Fran

Need Some answers please

> My father died Dec 2, 2002...we believe this drug may have killed

> him...could anyone give us any info on the side affects please...he

> was on the drug for 18 months for Afib...he was put in the hospital

> nov 8 2002 for what they pneumonia but once he was in there he got

> worse and they had no clue what was wrong with him...he basicallt

> died from respitory failure and he went into VFIB...it was terrible

> seeing my father suffer so much to breathe...he was 49yrs old...49 to

> me is way way to young to die...anyways if anyone could please help i

> would greatly appreciate...the last thing my father said to us was if

> this drug kills him get a lawyer...thanks agian....Delia

>

>

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My father had his thyroid shut down 9 months ago from what he

beleived was due to Amiodarone but his doc insisited it wasnt due to

this drug cause he was taking what the doc calls " smaller dosage " if

there is a such thing on this drud...anyways im doing alot of

research into this and we are waiting on the autopsy results before

we do anything...the cause of death was respitory failure due to

chronic heart disease...my father kept telling us he thought this

drug was doing this to him the last 3 weeks of his life and he asked

us to ook into it if he did die...im not in it for the money i just

dont want other people to have to go through the pain and suffering

he had to go through and not to mention the family goes thourgh

watching a loved one suffer so bad...I know things happen for a

reason i know my father is i heaven where he wanted to go so

bad...my father was a youth minister and the absolutely best man on

this earth...i hate it that i cant be here on the earth with him any

longer but i know he is smiling down on me and i know when its my

time to go he will be there waiting for me...i guess what im trying

to say is that i know God needed him more but i still feel like this

drug cheated him and his family out of more days,months,yrs or

whatever with him anyways thanks for all the info i do appreciate it

very much--- Delia

In AFIBsupport , " Frances Ross " <Frances@a...> wrote:

> Delia

>

> Do a search on the top of this board for amioderone. Some have

lost their

> thyroids to this drug, others have had lung problems. Was you

father being

> monitored for these. It is also one of the pro arrhythmic drugs

and can

> cause a prolongation of the QT, resulting in Torsades de points,

which is

> basically V Tach.

>

> I hope for your fathers sake you can get a good lawyer.

>

> Fran

> Need Some answers please

>

>

> > My father died Dec 2, 2002...we believe this drug may have killed

> > him...could anyone give us any info on the side affects

please...he

> > was on the drug for 18 months for Afib...he was put in the

hospital

> > nov 8 2002 for what they pneumonia but once he was in there he

got

> > worse and they had no clue what was wrong with him...he basicallt

> > died from respitory failure and he went into VFIB...it was

terrible

> > seeing my father suffer so much to breathe...he was 49yrs

old...49 to

> > me is way way to young to die...anyways if anyone could please

help i

> > would greatly appreciate...the last thing my father said to us

was if

> > this drug kills him get a lawyer...thanks agian....Delia

> >

> >

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Delia,

For your information, I was on Amiodarone different times over the last two

years for my afib. After an ablation and pacemaker insertion, my heart is

now in rhythm. However, the drug caused many lung problems for me. I was

hospitalized for 12 days in September of this year, had heart catherization,

lung biopsy, all kinds of procedures and they said I had blood in the lungs

and really could not put a name on my illness. After being on prednisone for

five months, I asked to be off of that and will seek a second opinion at

Mayo's in Rochester, MN, next month. Amiodarone made me so dizzy that I was

falling down all the time, had sleep problems and many " hot flashes " . Let me

know if you have any more questions that I can answer.

Irene in Wisconsin

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> yes im so sorry i cant even believe i forgot to mention that...he was

> taking Amiodarone for 18 months

>

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My father died Dec 2, 2002...we believe this drug may have killed

him.

Dear Delia,

What is the name of the drug?

A-FibFriendSteve

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>

>

>he was

>taking Amiodarone for 18 months

>

Dear Delia,

Amiodarone is known for it's bad side effects. We're so sorry about

your father dying so young. It's not unreasonable to suspect that the

Amiodarone may have contributed to his death. How else can we help you?

A-FibFriendSteve

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>

>My father had his thyroid shut down 9 months ago from what he

>beleived was due to Amiodarone

>

Dear Delia,

Your father sounds like such a great guy. Thank heavens you have

your faith to sustain you. We know how much you're hurting.

Many people on this Web site have had their thyroids damages and/or

destroyed by Amiodarone.

A-FibFriendSteve

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Thanks for the reply...I was just looking for any and all info on

the drug Amiodarone...im trying to get some facts together for my

stepmom so if it was the cause of his death we can take the next

step to stoping this from happening to other people...thank you all

for your kind words and for the info you have given me so far...my

family apreciates it very much...GOD BLESS YOU ALL...Delia

> >

> >

> >he was

> >taking Amiodarone for 18 months

> >

> Dear Delia,

> Amiodarone is known for it's bad side effects. We're so sorry

about

> your father dying so young. It's not unreasonable to suspect that

the

> Amiodarone may have contributed to his death. How else can we help

you?

> A-FibFriendSteve

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> Thanks for the reply...I was just looking for any and all info on

> the drug Amiodarone...snip.....................................

Hello Delia: I am so sorry to hear about your father's death.

It is so nice of you to do the research on amiodarone....but, I

would like to add that there is a condition that is often

undiagnosed by most physicians....and that is borderline iron

overload(which in some is caused by eating too many high iron foods

and possibly a defect which increases the rate of iron absorption)

and in the more severe and inherited form it is known as

Hemochromatosis.

I have written about this in the past so you may want to do the

research on this in the afib archives. Undiagnosed iron overload

can increase the severity of diabetes, heart disease, cirrhosis and

other major diseases. It also may be the cause of many diseases and

disorders including atrial fibrillation. Please make sure that all

his blood relatives, including yourself get tested. According to my

estimate one in six personsin the United States may be affected and

carry one or both genes for the disorder.

The tests that are needed: CBC with differential, TIBC and UIBC,

Transferrin Saturation Percentage,and Ferritin. The Hemoglobin and

Hematocrit is usually elevated, and if the tibc/uibc are be

low....Then the Saturation Percentage will be high....Ferritin may

or may not be elevated. Some use the Ferritin alone as a diagnostic

tool....but I had low ferritin (some people with sugar imbalances

have low ferritin)and still had iron overload.....

How is an iod treated?.....Very simply with therapeutic

phlebotomies.....Blood donations do have to be prescribed by a

physician.....and done until the ferritin and the saturation

percentage is in the normal range.....this normal rate is much lower

then for the average non-iod individual.

I had undiagnosed iod probably most of my life because it was

always diagnosed as anemia. Depression,bloating around my waist,

fatigue and wanting to sleep all the time were some of my symptoms.

It took almost a year of research to initiate the blood donations

and another year before I felt better. I feel better than I have

ever felt in my whole life.....because I keep my hemoglobin below 14

and my hematocrit at below 42......(they are actually at l3 and 39)

For men the recommended hgb is at below l5 and the crit is at below

45. Anyone going around with higher levels may also be more prone

to blood clots.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post or email me.

Regards, Isabelle