Declan- Thanks so much for this intelligence!
Would be really grateful for that ref........
Sounds as if amiodarone is a curate's egg drug!
Regards, Fleur
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From: "Declan Fox" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Bad drugs
> Latest on Amiodarone post AF conversion---quiet morning yesterday so after
> my medical ward round went to the library, managed to find two recent
copies
> of European Heart Journal and browsed happily for a while. And lo, what
did
> I find but a study on use of Amiodarone for AF!!!
> Main bits I recall were:
> 1. All started on Amiodarone----1 in 5 reverted to sinus before elective
> zapping.
> 2. Those zapped and kept on Amiodarone for one year had lower rate of
> reversion to AF. Sorry figures have leaked out of my brain.
> 3. BUT lots of side effects with a year on Amiodarone to extent that
authors
> concluded eight weeks might be best compromise between side effects and
> staying in sinus.
> If anyone is real interested I can go find it and post some figures.
>
> Declan
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