Azithromycin and long qt
Common Questions and Answers about Azithromycin and long qt
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I have found a substantial amount of literature online that discusses how using azithromycin with QT prolonging drugs or other rhythm regulators can increase the QT interval and cause dysrhythmia. This relative was in the hospital before and after surgery due to rhythm problems. It took a while to adjust exercise and meds to balance everything out. More than any other antiobiotic I read up on, azithromycin seems to have the most solid arguments against using it with drugs like amiodarone.
I understand you to say "EKG" baseline... I do typos myself, just read some of my other posts if you can : ) Well, to your question: I also understand your doctor knows your health history, thus the EKG, and believes the medication is safe. It is my guess that the "prolonged QT" is just a possibility and passes when the medication is stopped.
I have sick sinus syndrome with afib. and bradycardia. I take flecainide 150mg twice a day. Any time that I need an antibiotics doctors, other than my cardiologist, struggle to find one that isn't countraindicated.
I have had my Primary care physcian consult a cardiologist and preformed a holter and echo-both normal and they are not concerned about Long QT. My ER doctor was not concerned about Long QT as his assumption was that it was cause by low potassium.
I had even sent my EKGs to a arrythmia specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester to see if they thought I needed an appointment and they did not feel I needed an appointment given I have no family history of fainting or sudden death.
I am suffering from depression but I have Long Qt and am obese , diabetic and have svt's my GP has been unable to find any medication that is suitable - do you have any suggestions?
Spicy foods and foods that cause acid reflux. Becoming dehydrated and over extending self working out. and stress and anxiety. Many people have PVCs daily some a lot more than you are experiencing so they can be lived with. PVCs can be very scary but they are generally benign in an otherwise healthy heart. I would suspect if you stay heart healthy you need not worry even with long qt but in life there are no guarantees.
Your QT time will change all the time, it depends on a lot of things; heart rate, what you eat, activity, stress, medications, etc. One EKG showing borderline prolonged QT is NOT diagnostic of long QT. Also, a cardiologist must interpret your EKG, as the machines often are wrong, and prolonged QT will also usually manifest with specific changes in the T wave too.
There are two variants of long QT.
I ended up getting the genetic test done.. it came back negative, and the doctor says my qt values are fine, so I don't believe that I have long qt. I saw Dr. Spencer Rosero in Rochester, NY who is a specialist in long qt. When he measured my qts by hand, the highest he found is 440 for qtc. He was sure I didn't have it and he has never been wrong. Nevertheless, I ended up getting the genetic test.. low and behold it turned out negative!
Hi - I have some questions about long QT syndrome. I've recently had 3 EKGs because of palpitations and a fast heartbeat. I've asked the doctor who did them about long QT and each time he said there was nothing showing I had it. My QT/QTc was 350/418 on the first one I believe, on the second 362/425 and on the third 358/440. Heartbeat was 86, 83 and 91 respectively. The last one is the one that got me worried, because apparently 440 is the limit for normal.
I understand that anything above 430-440ms is borderline and possibly indicative of long qt syndrome. So, I was just wondering regarding long qt syndrome, if it is what I have and it is a gene inheritance deal is sleeping a trigger of symptoms and problems for people with LQT1 and LQT2, or is that just with the rarer LQT3.? I tend to think I might have LQT1 because I am deaf in one ear.
My internal medicine doctor of 12 years wants me to see a cardiologist. But it is soooooo rare to diagnose Long QT on ECG. I have had an episode of documented Long QT on ECG when I was hypokalemic (low potassium).
After exhaustive research on internet, I found that the genetic blood test for Long QT Syndrome only identifies 70% of Long QT cases. So you have a 30% chance of getting a negative test and still have the syndrome. The test is $5,000 for one person.
Hello,
Last sunday my 12 year old daughter stood up quickly from the couch and fainted without warning. This had never happened before. She came to almost immediately and said she felt fine. Just prior to fainting she had been sleeping for about 12 hours and also had had nothing to eat or drink for close to 14 hours.
When we took her to the ER they found that her QT was 459. The next day the EKG was repeated and was 441.
I did notice on my last ekg that there was several downward spikes, i know this probably has nothing to do with long qt but does anyone know what the downward spikes mean? I am simply just paranoid and curious about this condition. I also read about antibiotics and other meda causing it. How do I know what antibiotics are safe and if I should take them?
s laterand I still felt awful bp would drop heart rate felt either pounding or slow but I plodded on went back to university and so on
Fast forward to last month, my dad told me that his sons from a previous marriage had children who had an event at school and the doctor decided to test her for long qt which she has.
If this is not happening to you then you need to resolve this with your cardiologist and psychiatrist as long qt syndrome is serious business. Did you get diagnosed with long qt while on the drugs or after you stopped taking them? Because if the long qt is resolved it could be simple anxiety making you weak and dizzy. Well it sounds like you are on top of the situation. Take care, I hope you get this all worked out.
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