High resting HR and 400MG Amiodrone

[jimw]

Hi all,

My doctor has put me on 400 MG amiodrone daily in hopes of getting a 97 resting HR to come down. I have been on this for three weeks

and is still about the same. Will this come down if given more time? Has anybody been through a similar problem?

Thanks Jim

 

[TheGymGuy]

Not sure when you had your surgery, but metropol (sp?), amiodarone, etc., post surgery are all used to stabilize the HR and relax the heart.

 

[jimw]

Not sure when you had your surgery, but metropol (sp?), amiodarone, etc., post surgery are all used to stabilize the HR and relax the heart.

Gym Guy,

I had my AVR surgery on 10/11/2012. I stoped the amirodarone after 4 wks then the HR went from 65 to 97 BTM. My cardiologist

put me back on amiodarone 3 wks ago but as of yet I have not seen any change.