I don't recall seeing anyone else around here with amiodarone induced hyper but I've run across it in some of my research.

Amiodarone is 37% iodine. What you are suffering is an iodine induced hyperthyroidism. It is usually reverseable with the withdrawal of the drug but it's also possible that it may have triggered an already underlying thyroid disorder.

It's a pretty common side effect of that medication. No guarantees but yes, it should go away. What you might want to research is hyperthyroidism caused by excess iodine ingestion cause that is what you really have.

Ain't hyper just the pits? :D

Take care and please keep us informed as to how things go, good or bad. Most of what I've read says that you should be ok after awhile. If not, you can come and bounce with us anytime you want.

Helen

[QUOTE=accessn12;3198183]I don't recall seeing anyone else around here with amiodarone induced hyper but I've run across it in some of my research.

Amiodarone is 37% iodine. What you are suffering is an iodine induced hyperthyroidism. It is usually reverseable with the withdrawal of the drug but it's also possible that it may have triggered an already underlying thyroid disorder.

It's a pretty common side effect of that medication. No guarantees but yes, it should go away. What you might want to research is hyperthyroidism caused by excess iodine ingestion cause that is what you really have.

Ain't hyper just the pits? :D

Take care and please keep us informed as to how things go, good or bad. Most of what I've read says that you should be ok after awhile. If not, you can come and bounce with us anytime you want.

Helen

Had a kidney transplant almost a year ago and had to go on amiodorone for about 2 months. Almost a year has passed now. Four weeks ago I started losing wieght, feel dizzy and nausious and a lot of fatigue. Routine post transplant analysis showed that my transplanted kidney was so much being effected. Creatinine sky rocketed. After the intial shock and thinking of the worst - acute kidney failure - test showed that my thyroid had just gone out of control. Tests clearly revealed hyperthyroidism. Specialist confirmed that it was the thyroid and that I was taking some medication that was effecting the thyroid cos the test made including a scan could not detect any presence of the liquid injected previously. Knowing that the pills I am currently taking were not the culprit, my kidney specialist had a look at all the pills I had been taking in the last year and there it was ...Amiodorone. Am actualy very impressed to see that it is still in my system after a whole year!!

So now i am on medrol and thyrozol and after a month, tests are starting to very slowly improve. Luckily the effect on the kidney was due to a great amout of liquid loss resulting from the hyperthyroidism. Drinking 3 litres of water a day drastically improved my kidney function.

Hope it stays like that :)