Re: Fwd: amiodarone Thanks board!!

[Guest guest]

--- I was put on amiodarone last year without one word of caution

from my then, cardio. He never mentioned any of the dangers or side

effects! Thank God for this board, and the folks on it, who cautioned

me about that med! I immediatly went back to that cardio and told

him I wanted off of the amio. His response to me was " Its either

amiodarone or coumadin " Well, I didn't like either of the choices and

got a second opinion immediatly! My new cardio took me off of the

amio and put me on Toprol XL. At first it was a rough transition, but

now I am very pleased with the change, and thank God, and this board

of friends, for warning me about amio before I took it very long!

I might add, that at the time of being put on the amiodarone, I was a

two to three times a year fib attack person. So it was an extreme

measure that He took, by prescribing that med. I had gone in to see

him after a trip to the ER the night before with a fib attack that I

couldn't get under control. So the ER Dr. suggested I try an anti

arrythmic drug, and I just asked my cardio about them. He wrote out

the RX for amio without explaining anything to me. Needless to say, I

no longer see that cardio!!!!!

Thanks again board for being on the lookout for those of us that are

sometimes in the dark about some meds.

Mandy of CA

[Guest guest]

. (Once the procedure is scheduled, I'll be talking with the EP

about stopping the amio to give it a chance to work out of my system

in advance of the procedure.

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> Bill Manson

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Bill, Natale at the CC told me he'd need about six months for it to

flush out of my system to do an abaltion.

P <MI>

[Guest guest]

> it took me 18 months to recover (after stopping amiodarone) I was

> on it just over 8 months before developing thyrotoxicosis.

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> D

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, what dose were you on?

P <MI>

[Guest guest]

> it took me 18 months to recover (after stopping amiodarone) I was

> on it just over 8 months before developing thyrotoxicosis.

> --

> D

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, what dose were you on?

P <MI>