diltiazem for afib

I had afib for a decade and have taken diltiazem and flecainide over that period with pretty good control of symptoms. But now daily pvcs for past 6 weeks, almost always at night. Monitoring with Kardia device. Curious if others have experienced similar association of arrythmias?

I am a 71 year old male that has recently had my first episode of Afib. I have been prescribed and current taking Diltiazem. I have seen a cardiologist had EKG and all he did was tell me to continue the med. When I asked him if I will have future attacks he said because of my age it is likely. Is there a treatment that will prevent these attacks from happening again because everything I read indicates strokes follow these attacks? I am not on any blood thinners unless the Diltiazem is one.

m a female, but I can share my experience switching from a beta blocker to diltiazem. I have been taking beta blockers for 8 years for SVT and afib. I had an episode of afib and was in the hospital is Sept. They took me off the beta blocker and put me on diltiazem. It didn't control my heart rate like the beta blocker. My resting heart rate went from upper 60s to the low 80s. After a few days without my beta blocker, I ended up in the ER, in sinus tachycardia with a rate of about 120.

I am now on Flecainide and Diltiazem and have been AFib free for over 2 months. Have been on Eliquis for a couple of years now. My question is was this "acute" heart failure or once you have it do you always have it? In other words was it just because of the AFib episode or will I have heart failure the rest of my life? This is so scary. Will be seeing my EP July 2, 2019.

I have not heard back from my doctor (or his staff) yet so it seems they are not too worried about it. But then I am now on Medicare and not a big profit patient. From what I've learned here the swelling may be mostly cosmetic, it doesn't bother me, and if it were winter and I was wearing long trousers I might not even notice. I think I'll ask for a lower dose on my upcoming prescription refill and see if I can have the benefits without the swelling.

I have suffered with taking diltiazem(180 mg ER) AND metoprolol (50 mg ER) for atril fibrillation for the past two and a half years. The side effects have been debilitating.. Both drugs have the same side effects and together and one or the other or both create what I can only describe as chaotic turbulence in my chest and pain in my left arm when the second drug kicks in.. My cardiolgist now wants me to add a blood thinner (xarelto) to my meds menu.

In the last two weeks I have had four episodes of AFIB. The first in two years landed me in the Hospital. My meds were changed from Metoprolol to Diltiazem 360 mg per day and Fleconade 50 mg 2x per day plus Warfarin. The Metoprolol 25mcg 1 x daily has been making me wheeze for the past four years, but no one ever thought to change the meds. I have been on this new med protocol for 1.5 weeks. I just started the Fleconide and Warfarin three days ago.

I have intermittent persistent afib and I got by for 7 years with Atenolol, a beta blocker and Xanax. I went on Warfarin (blood thinner) and Norpace CR (anti-arrythmic) 3 years ago after a couple of episodes of afib that had to be cardioverted. I took Toprol before that with intolerable side effects. I adjusted the Atenolol as needed, keeping an eye on my BP and heart rate. I am still on the 3 drugs and am stable with some side effects -- mostly dizziness an fatigue.

I have fairly consistent AFib and am an extremely active cyclist, xc skier and hiker (68 years old-AFib for about 10 years). I am on Tikosyn, Diovan, Coumadin, and Diltiazem. Will a two-lead Pacemaker have any effect on my activity levels? How will the Pacemaker affect the AFib? I barely notice the AFib when exercising, but a try on a beta blocker kept my heartrate so low I couldn't ride my bike. Is there any advantage to getting the Pacemaker now vs waiting?

My daughter just did this follow an ablation for Afib. This is a question for your physician, but my daughter was cold ease back a quarter of a pill each week. So, 4 weeks, and she was done. No issues for her. I'd check first though.

How are you? I took Diltiazem too. Not good for me either.

I was on tiazac 360mg for a couple of years for high blood pressure.I started having palpitations, skipped beats. The longer I was on it the worse it got. It finally got to where I was having some beats so strong and violent.I told my cardiologist and asked to change medication or a lower dose.He told me to go back to my family doctor who prescribed it originally. As it was 6 weeks to see him, I decided to stop the tiazac. After a few days the symptoms went away.

Hi, I have been taking tikosyn for the last 8 days and I've still been in afib 5 of those 8 days. I'm back in full blown afib again so I believe that my condition of persistant afib has progressed to permanent afib. Now I seem to be not tolerating heat very well and seem to be sweating a lot. My heartbeat pauses a lot causing a breathlessness sensation. My next appointment with my EP isn't for 2 weeks. I'm wondering if I should go to the ER or try to see my cardiologist.

I was hospitalized last weekend with Afib. I remained in the hospital for two days. They treated me first with Diltiazem and then gave me Flecainide which stopped the afib within 45 minutes. They kept me for monitoring, and then discharged me. I am now taking 120mg Diltiazem once a day, and Flecainide 50mg twice a day along with an aspirin. I was told by the cardiologist, that I will have to take this medication for the rest of my life. I am a 61 year old male 5'6" 145 lbs.

He also put me on Diltiazem ER, with instructions to take three 30mg diltiazem fast acting, 30 minutes apart for an episode (which I just had this evening).........I add a 7.5 mg Tranxene, and that seems to help end it.......I'm nort an anxious person, but it's my opinion that my brain just automatically goes into that state when my heart is beating that fast and erratic.........

Test is next week, supposed to stop methimazole Saturday morning for test on Wednesday. I just spent 9 days on cardiac ward with hr in 180/190 every time I got up, in afib.. Finally they cardio converted and it straightened out.They tell me when the meds are stopped my heart will speed up... I'm taking bisoprolol and diltiazem and eloquis.. none of them slowed my heart while in hospital...

I had/have some afib but it doesnt last that long. Are you taking anything for it? IE a heart rate control medication? According to my doctor keeping your heart rate low is important as far as minimizing the danger of having a clot during afib.

I have tried a host of different combos for my Afib w/RVR. Diltiazem 360mgs as rate control and Flecainide 75mgs as Antiarrhythmic along with ASA 325mgs is what seems to work best in my case. I have been on Verapamil, Rhythmol, and Sotolol. The side effects from these, mainly the fatigue, were intollerable. I cannot take BB's because of my asthma. How often do you experience your Afib?

Prior to the AVJ ablation, I had 3 other ablations for AFib and AFlutter. I had the pacer implanted between ablation 1 and 2. Each ablation lessened the heart probs but the last one, the AVJ finally put it to rest. I am still running on my original pacer and am due to have it changed out in the next year. Good luck to you.

The cardiologist confirmed I had AFib, not monitor needed I was in Permanent AFib. We tried Toprol for a few months then he did an electrocardioversion. I continued to take Toprol and an aspirin. I was in NSR for about 3 months. The story goes on too long, suffice it to say I've had periods of more than a year that I was in NSR following an electrocardioversion. But I always returned to AFib.

With a pacemaker I would still be in afib, on medication, on coumadin for possible stroke and limited ability to exercise. Why can't the cause be treated not the symptoms??? Obviously something is telling my atrium to beat this way and it hurts!!!

t work, possibly an ablation for afib, but not the kind that zaps the AV node, rather the kind that gets rid of the electrical impulse places in the heart that originate afib. The latter is a more subtle operation, however, more difficult for the doc and may take longer, I think. . I am particularly surprised because D. McWilliams has mentioned before that he studied with Dr. Andrea Natale, probably the best doctor in the U.S. for the kind of ablation I am talking about.

Also, waiting time at the local government hospital is long, and so is it wise to wait for another 2 months for his next visit? Will his heart condition deteriorate? Or that the warfarin is doing a good job (i.e. to prevent strokes) and that we do not have to worry about his heart as irregular heartbeats are not life-threatening? Thanks. Dino.

been of flecainide now for almost a year and has controlled my afib very well.. problem is got amny pvc's that i didn't have previously. started with like 175 per day, now at least 1,000.

Hi , With out knowing the history of you son, I cant realy say if it's good or bad. I am on Toprol(beta blocker) for my Afib, after an ablation to treat my WPW. Is your son being treated with the atenolol? Have you looked into the option of ablation? Has he had a EP study?

I am on atenolol, diltiazem and coumadin. As long as my rate is under 85 when I am in AFib, I really do not present any symtoms. But once the rate increases, the AFib kicks my fanny and I have to increase meds. Are you on any medication other than aspirin?

As you say you are on anti-arrhythmic medications I assume you are under the care of a doctor. How do you know you have AFib? I am an AFib suffer and when I've gone from Sinus to AFib I never considered myself to be in AFib until I had an EKG and the Doctor said "AFib". How far over 100? That is, a rest HR of 100 is much less critical than one of 130. In fact many people have rest HR only a little below 100, in the 90s.

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