Digoxin dose atrial fibrillation
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I took Digoxin for a number of years in reponse to an atrial fibrillation event. My new physician did not feel I needed to be on it any longer. What are the side effects of discontinuing this medication? I have been off it for several months and some odd changes in my body.
The link below your post goes to a doctor's explanation where he states digoxin is used to treat irregular heartbeats. I was on digoxin for a few months following my congested heart failue event. It is my understanding the medication is used to increase contractility of the pumping chambers. My medication for stablizing heart rate is a beta blocker (coreg) and an ACE inhibitor.
My research: "Digoxin is contraindicated in patients with ventricular fibrillation.
Digoxin is a really common drug to treat atrial fibrillation that usually works well, if it doesn't though, there are several alternatives. A-fib is not really related to thyroid problems. The kind of heart flutters from being hyper are not the same. Hope this helps. There should be a cardiac forum to post on to hear if the drug has any side effects.
I am taking Crestor 20 mg a day, my ejection factor is 55 which they say is normal but I still take all these medicines for Congestive Heart Failure. Have you ever been tested for Atrial Fibrillation? If not, it is very important. It's when your heart races real fast. I have it and I am 61 years old but I take Multaq and Digoxin in very small doses. Some days I feel so weak. It seems like after four hours of doing anything, I have to rest.
I too have atrial fibrillation and about 3 month ago my doctor did a procedure called an
AV node ablation, which did help. I was able to go off some of my meds like digoxin and Tykoson, all drugs that deal with AF.Ask your Doctor about this procedure.
Did the doctor mention Atrial Fibrillation? If not, I'm not sure why the Plavix was prescribed. The aspirin is the fist level/state of protection against clots. If the patient has a number of risk factors, you have at least two: age and irregular heartbeat, an anticoagulant is often prescribed. I think Plavix may be easier to manage that is an anticoagulant (Coumadin).
Here at the Cleveland clinic we usually quote an 80% success rate of curing atrial fibrillation in patients who have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (on and of afib, not your case). Persistent atrial fibrillation (your case) has a much lower success rate of about 65 to 70%. These number are usually achieved with one ablation in 50%, two in 20% and three in 10% of patients. So as you can see we do take people for as we call them "three-do's", but it is not very common.
My doctor was very surprised because he had never seen atrial fibrillation in a young adult. My doctor prescribed digoxin and my heart rhythm returned to normal. About six months ago I moved to a different state. I recently went to a new doctor to have my digoxin levels checked and he noticed that my afib had returned. He was concerned because digoxin would not have been his choice of treatment and he said I should have also been taking aspirin or a blood thinner.
My otherwise healthy 86 yo. mom was diagnised with Atrial Fibrillation and was admitted to the hospital for seven days. She is otherwise very healthy and was only on Hyzaar for blood pressure prior.
She was told her heart was strong and showed minimal damage, chest Xray proved negative, stress test was passed with exceptional results, but was kept hospitalized until her heart rate stopped spiking. She is now on 5.0 mill.
Are there alternatives to coumadin for treating atrial fibrillation in an 89 year old male?
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/794153'>Live Health Chat: Atrial Fibrillation, April 13th (Special Guest Dr. Bruce Lindsay, Cleveland Clinic)</a>.
My dad is 94 and in heart failure, and he now has atrial fibrillation, since a fall about a month ago (we think).
He said in the night he had a feeling like a short electric shock in his chest. Then his breathing went from shallow before to deeper/slower after, and his heart felt like it was beating irregularly. He didn't tell me this till around noon.
He seems stable but lower energy.
I have been in chronic atrial fibrillation for two months. It began around the time a cord broke on my mitral valve. The valve has since been fixed but I am still In chronic fibrillation. It is being controlled with digoxin, metoprolol, and I also take coumadin and amiodarone. My concern is this: when I walk on the treadmill at 2.5 for thirty minutes my heart rate continues to stay at the resting rate of 80 - 90 beats per minute. Why is this? And is this bad?
I have atrial fibrillation and possibly freguent ventricular extrasystoles in evenings and mornigs. I have hyperpareathyroidism, muscle dystonia, hypothyroidism etc.
The extrasystoles are as if a calf is jerking in my chest. I had an EKG today. It was very abnormal, but I don't know how, at least AF. The nurse did not first allow me to leave the room, but an older nurse then allowed me go.
What are these calf jerkings in my chest occurring when I lie in bed?
My question is this, since the blood clot that caused the stroke was apparently caused by the heart problem, would not her now having a pacemaker prevent a recurrence of the atrial fibrillation? And IF your answer is yes, then why would she need to be on the blood thinner for the rest of our life?
I am on Crestor, Atenolol, Cartia and Digoxin and Synthroid. I had Tachicardia and Atrial Fib.
I have symptoms of shortness of breath, a dry cough, extreme fatigue, short term memory loss, extreme joint pain and stiffness, poor balance, weakness at times, vision gets dark at times, neck and throat soreness. I'm going to my doctor because I can't function with these symptoms. Can you tell me which meds can cause this and what other meds I could take. Thank you.
Does atrial fibrillation cause pulmonary hypertension? When I had AF (last year persistently for six months), my right side pressure in the heart was at the upper reference limit. My proBNP rose to over 2400 (upper ref. limit about 200). I had often ventilation difficulties, chest tightness. My ability to excercise was sometimes poor, sometimes ok. I had atenolol, Digoxin and Marevan medication. Thyroid Erfa was for hypothyroidism.
In April I had my first episode of atrial fibrillation lasting 12 hours. I was put on an IV of cardizem, then digoxin . I have a history of svt and took verapamil for 15 years. My EP urged me to have an ablation for the svt hopingthat the svt could have been a trigger for the a-fib.
I had the ablation 8 weeks ago, and my AVNRT was successfully ablated. However, in the weeks since the procedure I have had very brief runs (2-17 beats) of tachycardia once or twice a week.
I thought mini maze ablations were primarily for atrial fibrillation. Never heard of having it done for "palpitations" or PAC's. Do you know the proper names for your arrythymias? That might help folks share their own experiences.
Been sailing over oceans for 23 years with my wife. No regular Doctor.
Diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation two years ago by Triple XXX machine. Take amidiarone for arrythmia - take half the recommended dose to avoid some side effects, ie., lower pulse rate.
rarely have Arrythmia now. Take one Cozaar 50mgs daily. BP recently about 165/85. Pulse rate 37 this morning prior to medication. Usually Pulse is 39/42. Has been for years.
Athlete when young may explain low pulse to some extent.
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