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Off topic: my father in law was admitted to hospital last year with lung cancer. Following surgery (to remove most of his right lung) he apparently developed AF and was put on anti-coagluants and BB's.
As the AF didn't reverse, he was scheduled for CV (it literally took months before he went up for the CV, partly because of his recovery, partly because no one was in a hurry
).
As the first CV didn't succeed, he was put on Amiodarone, 200 mg x 3 a day
awaiting a second attempt at CV. He recently had that attempt, and again, failure, so it seems he's in chronic AF now. He says it doesn't bother him 
, and the docs say he can get old with it 
.
But he still is on Amio, though in a reduced dose of 200 mg x 1 a day. I'm not all that happy with the Amio, not only for the Amio itself but also because of his medical history as a lung patient. Amio can cause pulmonary problems, and with a weakened lung system, probably will.
Should i recommend him to urge his cardiologist to switch to a different BB? He is medicated currently to be kept asymptomatic, not to be cured anyway (as far as his AF is concerned, at this moment, his lungs appear clean
). He may be less tired to on another med: in comparison, i'm on a lowly 75 mg of BB (Toprol) a day, with a diagnosed heart disease...
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As the AF didn't reverse, he was scheduled for CV (it literally took months before he went up for the CV, partly because of his recovery, partly because no one was in a hurry
).As the first CV didn't succeed, he was put on Amiodarone, 200 mg x 3 a day
awaiting a second attempt at CV. He recently had that attempt, and again, failure, so it seems he's in chronic AF now. He says it doesn't bother him , and the docs say he can get old with it .But he still is on Amio, though in a reduced dose of 200 mg x 1 a day. I'm not all that happy with the Amio, not only for the Amio itself but also because of his medical history as a lung patient. Amio can cause pulmonary problems, and with a weakened lung system, probably will.
Should i recommend him to urge his cardiologist to switch to a different BB? He is medicated currently to be kept asymptomatic, not to be cured anyway (as far as his AF is concerned, at this moment, his lungs appear clean
). He may be less tired to on another med: in comparison, i'm on a lowly 75 mg of BB (Toprol) a day, with a diagnosed heart disease...Ad
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