digoxin in af

I have undergone an unsuccessful cardioversion and for the past 2 years I have been prescribed atenolol, flecainide and now digoxin to help control my af. None of these drugs seem to have an effect on my af. Can you please advise me if there ios a cure for af? Jonser This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/253630'>Ventrical</a>.

One reason may be overmedication of hypothyroidism. Since the onset of af I have taken 2.5 pills of Erfa Thyroid vs 3 before af. Before af I felt excellent. Present symptoms may be due to other diseases. I may have hypeparathyroidism. I am waiting for FESS operation ( chronic sinusitis). Today going to a neurol spec because of trembling of upper back and neck. I also have problems in my lungs.

Is amiodarone as safe a drug as digoxin or linoxin for A-fib as far as long term side affects are concerned?

Pacemaker itself can cause AF due to the programming. My doc reprogrammed and shut down some functions. My AF disappeared. All he prescripted before: Flecainide, Digoxin, Atenolol, verapamil can go into the bin. Also, the holter monitor report mentioned "ventricular runs" is not meant to v-tach. It is ventricular pacing. When my pacemaker is pacing my ventricle, I feel like an express train is running in my chest, sweat and exhausted.

Diastolic blood pressure significantly decreased and systolic blood pressure significantly increased during overnight sleep in the digoxin phase .Heart rate decreased in the overnight sleeping phase . Digoxin significantly decreases diastolic blood pressure during overnight sleep in patients with congestive heart failure. This effect is likely to be caused by reduction of sympathetic activity or increase of parasympathetic activity.

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.

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 mini-maze in the left atrium is specific to AF treatment. That said, I had a mini-maze done in Nov. 2007 when my Mitral Valve was repaired (luck me, it was repaired with a simple ring installed to limit the size of the opening). It did not cure my AFib... I was in NSR for about 30 days, then back to permanent AFib. I'm not too happy about beta blockers either, they don't give me a headache, but I do have a lot of trouble dreams (trouble-mares) that may be related to the BB.

First post to this forum - and I promise future ones wont be this long:-) Just wanted to state medical situation and past current treatment before questions: My husband has A-fib and has been in chronic (a.k.a. "persistent" A-fib) since he was 36 (diagnosed and became persistent in 2000, oddly right after starting Atenolol for it - but told no connection to Atenolol -That he was probably already about to go into persistent AF at the time).

I only just read about this, for the first time, this evening. I never heard about it before. My first AF episode was in Nov 2002, and lasted about 2-1/2 hrs (I reverted back to sinus while the paramedics were checking me out, but they brought me to hospital for a checkover; it was there that I learned I had mild aortic stenosis, but was told it was inrelated to the AF). Episodes were few and far between, lasting only as few hours, and occurring every few months at the most.

A comparison of verapamil, propranolol and digoxin showed equivalent efficacy in a small group of patients. However, in general calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers are preferred to digoxin. Digoxin has been around for a long time! I used Digoxin over 50 years ago for my PSVT, and my recollection was that it did little to prevent episodes. There are so many newer drugs now that are far more effective.

Digoxin and Toprol act in different ways and do not induce the same effects. I have atrial fib and was prescribed amioderone.

my dad was taken off of it because his rate dropped below 60 beats and was causing him to be knocked out for most of the day when he went off of it his symptoms improved now its been 2 weeks and he is showing signs of loss of appitite,sleepiness,slow in speech, stomach acid, nasea Can the digoxin be retintroduced without any big adjustment to his chemistry?

He converted while in the ER and was told to take it in addition to his beta blocker. They had given him a pretty large dose of it while in the ER and he took 3 doses of the pill...he started feeling pretty bad. He went to his regular cardiologist today and he ran a blood test to check for toxicity and took him off of it. It sounds like a very nasty drug...thanks for the info. I can't understand why he was put on it.

My wife had an op. for a mitral valve repair and AF (maze) some ten weeks ago. After the op. she was put on amiodarone, digoxin and furosemide. While the MVR appeared successful the maze did not kick in, experiencing irregular heartbeats cica 90 p.m. She then had cardioversion a few days ago; her heart rhythm appears to have regularised but her pulse rate has dropped to 42-46 p.m. and she has lost a lot ef energy.

Hi, I was given Atenolol at the beginning. My cardio said ADD this Tambocor (Flecainide) in. I was crying and refuse to take it. Then he wrote Digoxin and Flecainide. I told him I'll get vomit with Digoxin. Then he put Verapamil and Flecainide. I was spinning to sleep every night. I took the verapamil off by myself. Just the Flecainide by itself was fine. After 2 months, my heart beats very irregular. Big thumb here and there. Looks like restart every few minutes.

i hev a question concerning digoxin....wat is its effect in the body. I mean its pharmacokinetic effects. i am having a hard time searching the net for it...

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.

2 week old premature infant has recurrent SVT/ Atrial Flutter and has been loaded on Digoxin and Amiodarone. The plan is to continue amiodarone for another 6 months; is this safe for him?

I feel that my primary care physician and the members of his staff and group where very neglectful in this matter. any advice would be appreciated in regards to filing a case against them for there neglect to inform me of this (EF) report.

I have begun to think that my atenolol dose is too high. I take 0,75 mg in the morning and 25 in the evening. In the morning some time after I have taken the medicine my heart makes some spurts. I am very angry and anxious. Maybe I have much adrenalin against the betablopcker. I don't know when I shall have the electric cardioversion. I have planned to travel to another city to have Sestamibi-Technetium scanning for my parathyroids.

I was talking to my husband just the other day about her. We were speaking about the old digoxin recall (back in April) that was posted and I was wondering how she was doing. I'm so glad to hear the good news. Now hopefully the pac's will ease up too. :-) Take care.

I am wondering if you are uneasy about taking digoxin. If so, I would ask you cardio if you can get by with just the TOPROL XL. Digoxin, xanax, toprol xl, and lisinoprol seems like a lot of stuff to be taking. I am a runner and only take TOPROL XL 12.5mg. This knocks out my extra beats and really slows my heart down. A little seems to go a long way for me.

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Also, he is lost 3 kgs weight in 4 dayz, doctor says its normal as he has been put on digoxin (that will take away excessive fluid from his body). would also like to understand: - Does avoiding excessive fluid intake mean that he should drink less water too?

I am taking Digoxin for tachycardia--my cardiologist says that while there aren't good studies available for cardiac meds while pregnant Digoxin is believed to be safe. It is not a betablocker, however the dr felt the digoxin would be safer than a betablocker while preggo. Also the changes in your blood volume while pregnant may correct the tachycardia.

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