Atrial Fibrillation

[cherring]

I got two attacks of atrial fibrillation this past summer, had to go to the hospital. Doctor finally put me on amniodorone generic Pacerone, Lanoxin and Lopressor (Metropolol generic) plus I was already on Lisinopril, Cardizem (Diltiazem) plus Diazide. It all works ok and I feel quite well even with all the meds. I have a nice slow pulse with a few a fibs from time to time. (been taking the Zestrel,(Lisinopril),Diltiazem and Diazine for many years). I have a slightly bad valve also called a mitral stenosis which isn't giving me a big problem right now thank heavens.
Recently after those bad summer months,I noticed my eyesight was 'fuzzy' so I went to the optomitrist and he sent me to an opthamologist who said I had started to get deposits on my eye lens. He asked me point blank if I was taking Amniodorone because he recognized the deposits on my lens. Now, I am scheduled for cataract surgery but am wondering if there is a new replacement for that Amniodorone which has those horrendous side effects (lots of them!) Is there a new heart beat regulator without so many side effects or maybe I could get off that amniodorone altogether! Anybody know about this? Thanks for any info I can mention to my cardiologist? Thanks. Cecil (ms)

[Sunny Day]

I wish I knew a drug that would cure or correct rather than mask symptoms. I am looking. I just had an echo cardiogram today and They were going to try to shock me into rhythm but the Doc found an (almost clot) in my atrium and he put me on warfarin for one month to thin my blood first. My potassium was also low. The doc said my atrium was not even working. Her has hopes of starting it. I had no idea that my a-fib was that bad until I went hiking at 5,000 ft. It wiped me out until it slowed down.

I want a cure not symptom masking drugs. I will post what I find. I never had this until I took Redux to lose weight. It was pulled from the market and there was a class action suit for heart valve damage. I may rev up my attorney now. I am 62 and other than a weight problem I was planning on living a whole life until 100 when I would just drop dead. I will need to attack this problem if it is possible. A friend of mine in his late seventies had two ablations performed and stopped his a-fib.

I will post my discoveries in hopes that it might help someone.