amiodarone

Can Anybody tell me any thing about the drug amiodarone ?

[mlb16]

I take amiodarone. Have been for about 1 year. I started taking it about a month after I had a ablation for AFib. They say that there is bad side effects from this medicine. I have not had any so far. I was taking 200mg a day and now I just started taking 100mg per day. I know you have to watch about being in the sun to much. It is a powerful drug.

[cindy707]

The only thing that i can add to the mix is that it is considered one of the big guns of meds given to people with rhythm issues.  Like mlb says there are some side effects to it one being pulmonary or lung functions top on the list.  The other thing that i also know is it takes usually a couple of weeks for it to saturate your system for full benefit to the patient.
Like anything any of us take there is a little give and a little take along the lines.  I do know also that thru clinical trials originally the FDA was fighting approving it because of some of the side effects and if i remember correctly i think it was fully approved somewhere in the 80's and if it were so terribly awful you can bet the FDA would have pulled it....there is alot of benefit to it however i personally think when someone is taking it they need to do it under close supervision by the doc that prescribes it.  

[ksig]

It is one of the most powerful drugs for AFib out on the market but it has many nasty side effects. I refused to take amiodarone when it was prescribed for me. My brother, an MD, told me not to take it because there were other drugs out on the market. Consequently, I went to a new cardiologist and started on something else. Google it and read the literature about the side effects.
ksig

[seaisle12579]

I will only be taking it for a month . The other drug on the market is Maltaq which the FDA is having second thoughts about due to liver failure . I took amiodarone once before for about 6 months and it did keep the afib away .