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@abenn86 I am very pleased to see this. I have seen patients post here that they've been prescribed amiodarone, or even propafenone or flecainide, as a prophylactic against their hearts acting up after an ablation. They say, some of them, that they have not been instructed to wean themselves off of those drugs, normally via a two-three week 'taper' where the dose is reduced by a certain amount every few days or a week, so that when they have their Holter monitor event at 12 weeks or so, there is very little 'residual' effect from those masking drugs left in their systems and so that the Holter will get a proper assessment of their heart's rhythm. This, as a layman, is confusing to me: you would WANT the Holter to show what's really happening when nobody's looking, not a heart that's still nubbed by drugs. Did the ablation work, or did it not work?

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I have not had an ablation because they don't know what has caused my VT/VF to date. I did just have my electrode to my S-ICD revised along with DFT. My electrode was not optimally positioned which was discovered by Mayo. Thoughts are that's why it took three shocks in May. The idea behind stopping the Amiodarone is my age, and the fact another medication may be better. I will remain on Metoprolol through my October visit.