s since I was 25, though they never interfered with my lifestyle until recently. I was diagnosed with afib in July
2010 after a trip to the ER, followed by another trip to the ER for afib at the end of October, 2010. My ventricular heartbeat was about 180 per min, but Cardiezem restored me to normal rhythm in about an hour the first time, but it took about 6 hours the second time to get me back in a normal rhythm. I was put on 120 mg Cardiezem/day + 325 mg aspirin after the first incident.