Coming off Amiodarone

I have been on Amiodarone since June 21/13. My dosage was gradually reduced for the first 4 weeks until I was down to 200mg per day. End of August went to 200 mgr per day 5 days per week and was told to come off completely by Sept. 23 which I did. I have read that Amiodarone does decrease blood pressure but I was also told it stays in your system a long time and I didn't expect to feel any difference this quickly.

Yesterday, I could feel my heart beating more in my chest and did check my HR and BP. HR is same but BP has increased about 15 points on both top and bottom readings and I do have some pain in my upper back/neck area. My BP was normally mid to high eighties over mid 50's to 60's. Now I'm over 100 and over 70's. I know these are normally good ranges but I feel so different.

Is this normal? Will it just take a while to get use to the higher BP since it has been so low these past few months? Perhaps I should have reduced dosage more slowly? Any help would be appreciated.

2 Comments

Long half life

by ebfox - 2013-09-28 05:09:57

Hi Marie,

Amiodarone has a very long half life, something like 58 days. So it will be in your system for a long time past your taper. FWIW your taper plan seems very reasonable.

A BP of low 100s over 70 is perfect, you may feel a little different (I would think you would feel better).

Are they putting you on another AAR? Getting off ami is a good move, it has some terrible side effects.

The pain in your upper back/ neck should be discussed with your doctor ASAP. Women sometimes present angina pain in the neck area.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

E. B.

amidarone

by celta - 2017-06-09 16:09:12

I had been taking for 17 years. The doctors suspended because starting to have very pronounced hand shaking. Can not pass drivers license test.It toke 6 months to wipe out of my body.Shaking is gone after that, so i am going to ICD. Sorry for my english.

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