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Multaq® (dronedarone) is a drug to treat atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter and is meant to allow these patients to stay out of the hospital.

Multaq® has been found to increase a patient's risk of the following serious medical conditions:

• heart failure
• lethal irregular heart beats
• problematic interactions with other drugs
• impaired kidney function

The data was published in a report released by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. If you or someone you love has experienced one of these health conditions while taking the atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter medication, contact us to find out if you are entitled to financial compensation.

Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

The goal of treating atrial fibrillation is to bring the heart back to normal rhythm and to prevent the formation of blood clots.

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular often rapid beating of the heart. Heart rhythm is controlled by an electrical impulse that begins in a group of cells in the right atrium, one of the two small upper chambers of the heart. The cells are called the sinus node and act as the body's natural pacemaker. When the electrical impulse is erratic, the heart beats irregularly.

This irregular heart beat results in:

• Poor blood flow to the body
• Heart palpitations
• Shortness of breath
• Weakness

Atrial fibrillation may be occasional or chronic. One approach to treating atrial fibrillation is the use of medication. The following types of medications are used:

• Anti-arrhythmic medications
• Beta blockers
• Calcium channel blockers

This approach is quite effective for many patients with atrial fibrillation. But, the medication does not help some patients or they may not be able to tolerate the drugs.

The following treatments also are available for treating arrhythmias:

• Electrical cardioversion — This is a brief procedure in which doctors use paddles or patches on the chest to deliver a short electrical shock to the heart. This stops the heart's electrical activity briefly and hopefully the heart rhythm returns to normal after it begins to beat again.
• Two types of ablation procedures — Atrioventricular node ablation and radiofrequency catheter ablation

Atrioventricular Node Ablation

This procedure involves destroying a small area of tissue using radiofrequency energy. The tissue destroyed is the AV node, a pathway that connects the upper and lower heart chambers. With the pathway destroyed, the atria cannot send electrical signals to the lower chambers.

Heart surgeons then implant a pacemaker to stimulate a normal heart rhythm in those chambers. The atrial chambers, however, continue to fibrillate and patients need to take anticoagulant medication to reduce the possibility of stroke.

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Many people who have atrial fibrillation have a number of "hot spots" in the atria that send their own electric signals. The hot spots perform like abnormal pacemakers cells causing the atria to quiver rather than beat regularly.

To destroy these hotspots, the surgeon threads a catheter or thin tube into an artery near the collarbone or the leg into the heart. Radiofrequency energy sent through the catheter destroys the hot spots. The areas of tissue become scarred and the heart can again beat normally.

Contact a Multaq® Lawyer

If you have been using Multaq to control atrial fibrillation and the medication has caused problems such as heart failure, worsened irregular heartbeats, harmful drug interactions, or impaired the function of your kidneys, you should contact a Multaq® lawyer.

A Multaq® attorney has experience in helping people receive compensation for their pain and suffering from these problems. Contact us for an evaluation of your case today.

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The FDA notified healthcare professionals about new findings that link Multaq® to severe liver injuries, Jan. 14, 2011. The agency said there were two report...

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