Which medication is being used to treat the atrial flutter?

Initial treatment is directed at controlling the ventricular rate, most often with a calcium channel blocker, a beta blocker, or digoxin . Medical or electrical cardioversion to restore sinus rhythm is the next step in patients who remain in atrial fibrillation.

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has labeled amiodarone only for the treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, the drug also is used to treat atrial fibrillation .

These treatments are sometimes called chemical cardioversion: Sodium channel blockers , which slow your heart’s ability to conduct electricity: Flecainide (Tambocor) Propafenone (Rythmol)

It is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug currently available but is limited by a myriad of noncardiovascular side effects21 (Table 1). The major cardiovascular side effect of amiodarone is sinus bradycardia, with a higher risk of pacemaker requirement in women.