Warfarin dosage for atrial fibrillation

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Avatar f tn probably medication is the go for you. my mother has atrial fibrillation and she takes atenol and it works excellent. doesn't control the rhythm, but controls the speed and her high blood pressure well.
Avatar m tn I am a 70 year old male who was diagnosed with Lone Atrial Fibrillation in June of this year. My General Practitioner at the time immediately put me on 25 mg of Metoprolol to be taken twice a day in addition to Warfarin which I took once a day. However, when I visited the Cardiologist for the first time last Wednesday he informed me that neither he nor any of the other Cardiologists wanted me to continue taking Warfarin, and that they wanted me to switch over to one 81 mg baby aspirin a day.
Avatar n tn Why are you taking Warfarin? Do you suffer for atrial fibrillation? What is causing your doctor to be concerned about clot formation in your blood?
Avatar f tn Eliquis which belongs to a class of drugs called Factor Xa inhibitors is a new generation oral anticoagulant / blood thinning drug and is expected to replace warfarin the current gold standard treatment for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. The clinical data on Eliquis in atrial fibrillation is most impressive, when compared to Xarelto or Pradaxa.
1545481 tn?1325160086 In addition, an everyday heart rate of 150 is hard work for the heart, and (untreated) atrial flutter can, similar to atrial fibrillation, cause blood clots over time. I think most doctors prefers their patients have atrial fibrillation instead of atrial flutter, as this rhythm is easier to control. If you have atrial flutter, the heart rate will increase in steps with increasing exercise levels, as the blocking is less and less.
378273 tn?1262097621 Rate control medication to control the heart rate Rhythm control medication, sometimes called drug cardioversion, to put the heart back into normal sinus rhythm Your doctor will decide which rhythm control drug is best for you based on the type of atrial fibrillation you have and your medical history, including the presence or absence of other existing heart disease.
Avatar m tn The beta blocker would not cause atrial fib. Going from paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation is part of the natural history of atrial fib. 2. I think your doctor is right. People have variable numbers of pacs and pvcs, but you are still in sinus rhythm. The reality is that they will either get better, stay the same, or get worse. Time is the only way to know. A beta blocker may help decrease the number or rate of your SVT runs.
Avatar m tn i have atrial fibrillation and am on heart pressure and heart pills. i also take prozac. i would like to know whether hawthorne berry treatment which i am about to start taking for the atrial fibrillation would have any ill affects mixed with prozac. i have already researched that hawthorne berry tincture has no bad interactions with any heart medicine treatments. would i still have to take baby aspring each day if I am on the hawthorne berry treatment.
Avatar n tn Is it possible to have both atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter? I am on the drug flecainide and wonder if this is safe.
351404 tn?1299489130 t something for your GP to deal w. but a heart doctor.....i had a pretty severe case of atrial fib that was i guess classified as paroxamol because it just means every so often basically and i chose to have an ablation done four years ago and that pretty much took care of it. I am on no blood thinners, etc and would not like to be either at any point because of all of the issues that arise with them. As far as the earmarks go for a visit to the E.R,....
Avatar n tn Blood clots can be caused by heart irregularities, such as atrial fibrillation (I have that) and atrial flutter. There are other causes which I can not list. I'd suggest that she talk with her cardiologist about ongoing use of warfarin just to guard against future clots, clots are very dangerous and are to be avoided if at all possible. I take and tolerate well 5 mg of Warfarin daily.
Avatar n tn This is not the case for those with mechanical valves. For example, a young person with occasional atrial flutter/fibrillation may be able to get buy with just an aspirin a day. I'm an old guy with permanent atrial fibrillation and I take both Coumadin (Warfarin) and aspirin.
1013028 tn?1250923267 Warfarin or Coumadin is prescribed to prevent strokes arising from atrial fibrillation and DVTs forming in the legs usually. Blood clots that form in veins (deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism) are mainly made up of clotting proteins and platelets do not play a significant role in venous clots. Coumadin or warfarin is an effective blood thinner that prevens the production of clotting factors in the liver.
882102 tn?1240622411 I went to work in Jakarta for two weeks but picked up a micoplasma infection. This resulted in pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, myocarditis and congestive heart failure. While in Indonesia I self prescribed Zithromax and cured the pneumonia but I didn't appreciate how sick I really was then (and I was working with doctors on their health system who didn't pick up on it either). When I got back to Australia I was admitted into CCU.
Avatar n tn The trials in non-valvular atrial fibrillation support the 7th ACCP recommendation that an INR of 2.0 to 3.0 be used for warfarin therapy in appropriate AF patients.
Avatar f tn If he had a single episodes of atrial fibrillation and has not had it since, if it were my patient I would stop the tikosyn. the worse case scenario is a recurrence of atrial fibrillation. I agree there comes a point when the QOL is so low that it is not worth taking medications like that. It is a very personal decision. I would encourage you to discuss your concerns with your doctor before stopping any medications. I hope this helps.
351404 tn?1299489130 I have been diagnosed with bradycardia and atrial fibrillation and will soon be given a dual chamber permanent pacemaker. I notice that in the doctor's reply it was said that a pacemaker didn't treat AF. This has confused me since my understanding of a pacemaker is that it gives you a regular sinus heartbeat and that arrhythmias would be a thing of the past. If it doesn't treat arrhythmia, then what use is it?
Avatar m tn I am 69 years old and had a mitral valve repair last September, immediately following which I was in atrial fibrillation and given Amiodarone and Warfarin. This has now settled and I now have first degree heart block and am doing a cardiac rehab programme. My resting heart rate is 80 and my target exercise range is 101 - 113 but it only goes up to 98 during exercise (15 on Borg scale). Can you suggest what is causing this and what the implications / remedies may be.