asthma inhaler caused heart palpitation?

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Hi, Shefy:

Yes, anxiety can indeed make it worse. It can be what actually caused your

palpitation. When my daughter was about 21, she was working at a high-stress

health clinic at the front desk. It was one of those urgent care clinics.

You know how places are nowadays, they don't keep enough people and lay it

all up on a couple of people. I'm sure you understand. Cutting costs, so to

speak. But not only was she doing front desk, but having to deal with

insurance, then deal with all the paperwork of the sick people who came into

the

clinic. Then the added stress of having to turn around people on Medicare and

Medicaid because they didn't handle those people. It stressed her terribly

having to turn older people away. It caused her a great deal of anxiety.

Anyway, she had SEVERE palpitations one day at work and they had to call

paramedics, take her to the hospital in ER. They had to spray nitro under her

tongue. They ruled out heart problems at that time, but decided it as a

severe anxiety attack. So they gave her an anti-anxiety drug. Possibly one

you

take, I can't remember. Needless to say, she went out and found another job

several months later and hasn't had that problem since that time.

Another thing, some of us old folks have gotten used to some stresses than

younger folks haven't gotten used to yet in the earlier part of their life.

It's just the way it is. Once you live through some times, deaths of family

members, friends, stupid people that you work with, you learn to deal with

more stuff, I guess.

BUT let me tell you an experience that I had and see if in any way you can

relate it to your experience. Maybe this will help. I worked at a hospital

for 8 1/2 years in the data processing department. Basically I was the only

data processing person there was there at the time. I did all the reports for

every department, delivered them, keyed in all the charges, adjustments,

cash payments into the computer. You name it data-wise, I was THE PERSON.

Well, knowing that was really too stressful for anyone, they started

allowing me a part-time person. One weekend that she worked, unbeknownst to

me, she

had to go down to ER and have them listen to her heart because it was like

it was skipping beats. Keep in mind we worked in an office totally full of

electrical stuff. You wouldn't believe it. Printers, but a huge heavy-duty

printer too, several different kinds of computers and they allowed all the

cords laying around all over the floor. Of course, they were behind all the

equipment where you couldn't trip over them. But it was a heavily loaded

electrical office.

Anyway, they hooked up her to all the necessary machines and observed for

her some time, but she was okay. It ended not long after she got there in the

ER and had left my office.

Then the week that I came back from vacation, I started experiencing that

same problem. I didn't know what the heck was going on with my heart, but it

was skipping beats. My help worked in the afternoons, and when she came in, I

told her, Margaret, something is wrong with my heart, it's been skipping

beats. I don't know what's wrong.

Margaret said to me: You won't believe that mine started doing the same

thing this weekend, and I went down to ER to have it checked out. Something is

going wrong in here.

Well, I contacted the Respiratory Department and the girl said, come on

down, let's check you out. But when I got down there, it wasn't acting up at

all. My EKG was normal, but I didn't get to talk to her (department head) that

day. That night when I got home, my heart started doing it again, and I let

my husband feel of my pulse. It was skipping beats (sounded like) really

bad, then it stopped it. He felt it too. You couldn't help but notice it.

So I talked to the department head the next day, and she told me my EKG was

perfect, but she said that sometimes, believe it or not, there can be a minute

leak of electricity in certain machines, say, like the adding machine. I

used it all day long and so did Margaret. As a matter of fact, she had used

mine that weekend when her heart started doing like mine. Then the department

head, Sue, said that I needed my office checked out because there's too much

electricity stuff in here and it CAN affect the electrical current in your

heart. It really can.

Now, I have albuterol, but it doesn't affect me like that. I don't use it

often, but I needed it in Feb. when I had a bad case of flu, but a worse case

of bronchitis, which I think that I had a little asthma.

Can you think of any heavy-duty electrical stuff that you've been around?

Susie

[Guest guest]

Hi all, I started taking alubterol/qvar again (2nd year) last week. I

have been taking it off and off. I took it Friday evening. Saturday, I

stayed inside all day and felt fine. I was watching a movie at home

and around 9:30pm I felt a " flutter " in my chest. Of course I kind of

panicked and started to feel faint and blacking out. I waited about 20

minutes, but it wouldn't subside. So my friend took me to the ER and

they said it was a palpitation...I haven't done much research on it.

If you guys don't know about me I'm a pretty healthy 22 year old

female, I only have a few digestion problems but those are coming

under control.

I am so terrified I don't know what to do. I went to the ER twice last

night and just went into urgent care bc my heart feels like it's

beating hard and once in awhile it gets fast. The dr. says it's

probably just anxiety and last night they gave me one pill of ativan,

which I guess is like a sedative/sleep aid.

I just took one puff of QVAR but now I'm so hesitant to take albuterol

for fear of another heart palpitation. I'm usually a pretty strong and

sturdy person, but last night I just got terrified...who wouldn't if

they felt their heart flutter!

Thanks in advance for any opinions or advice or experience you guys

can give me.

Hope all are well,

Shefy

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Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 5:58 PM

Subject: asthma inhaler caused heart palpitation?

Hi all, I started taking alubterol/qvar again (2nd year) last week. I

have been taking it off and off. I took it Friday evening. Saturday, I

stayed inside all day and felt fine. I was watching a movie at home

and around 9:30pm I felt a " flutter " in my chest. Of course I kind of

panicked and started to feel faint and blacking out. I waited about 20

minutes, but it wouldn't subside. So my friend took me to the ER and

they said it was a palpitation...I haven't done much research on it.

If you guys don't know about me I'm a pretty healthy 22 year old

female, I only have a few digestion problems but those are coming

under control.

-And Asthma?

I am so terrified I don't know what to do. I went to the ER twice last

night and just went into urgent care bc my heart feels like it's

beating hard and once in awhile it gets fast. The dr. says it's

probably just anxiety

-Crap, it was the Albuteral... Rocket fuel to dilate the bronchials.

and last night they gave me one pill of ativan,

which I guess is like a sedative/sleep aid.

-Typical. Administer a pharmaceutical, create a side effect, deny

involvement, administer another pharmaceutical to try and counteract the first.

In this case it was probably more to mollify you because you were upset and

" treatment " makes people feel like something is being done, no matter what it

is.

I just took one puff of QVAR but now I'm so hesitant to take albuterol

for fear of another heart palpitation. I'm usually a pretty strong and

sturdy person, but last night I just got terrified...who wouldn't if

they felt their heart flutter!

Thanks in advance for any opinions or advice or experience you guys

can give me.

Hope all are well,

Shefy

Shefy, Consider finding more natural and less invasive ways of dealing

with the breathing issue first. Unfortunately the use of powerful chemicals

such as Albuteral are going to have heavy effect not only on the targeted

symptom but in other areas as well. Albuteral can save lives, but probably

should be used for just that. Always, in all ways, -Dave

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hmm....yes i have a similar problem. my heart doesn't really skip beats though.

i can just feel it beat hard, like you know when you're working out...and once

in awhile it will speed up and go back to normal.

yes i went to the er 3 times since satruday night and whenever i'm there

everyhting is " normal " on their machines. i still feel like shortness of breath

and fainting. the only electric things i'm around are the tv and computer.

nothing out of the unusual. the ativan helps me a lot...but i want to find out

the cause of hte heart palpitation. it literally felt like my heart was

fluttering...not a good feeling. i know i got panicky after that but that

should have gone away 2 days later! i don't really feel anxious or

anything...just my heart is beating hard and fast once in awhile and i feel

like i cant get a full breath. i took qvar this morning and i'm too scared to

take albuterol. plus the er dr. said only take it if you're wheezing.

thanks

shefy

Tishri7@... wrote: Hi, Shefy:

Yes, anxiety can indeed make it worse. It can be what actually caused your

palpitation. When my daughter was about 21, she was working at a high-stress

health clinic at the front desk. It was one of those urgent care clinics.

You know how places are nowadays, they don't keep enough people and lay it

all up on a couple of people. I'm sure you understand. Cutting costs, so to

speak. But not only was she doing front desk, but having to deal with

insurance, then deal with all the paperwork of the sick people who came into

the

clinic. Then the added stress of having to turn around people on Medicare

and

Medicaid because they didn't handle those people. It stressed her terribly

having to turn older people away. It caused her a great deal of anxiety.

Anyway, she had SEVERE palpitations one day at work and they had to call

paramedics, take her to the hospital in ER. They had to spray nitro under

her

tongue. They ruled out heart problems at that time, but decided it as a

severe anxiety attack. So they gave her an anti-anxiety drug. Possibly one

you

take, I can't remember. Needless to say, she went out and found another job

several months later and hasn't had that problem since that time.

Another thing, some of us old folks have gotten used to some stresses than

younger folks haven't gotten used to yet in the earlier part of their life.

It's just the way it is. Once you live through some times, deaths of family

members, friends, stupid people that you work with, you learn to deal with

more stuff, I guess.

BUT let me tell you an experience that I had and see if in any way you can

relate it to your experience. Maybe this will help. I worked at a hospital

for 8 1/2 years in the data processing department. Basically I was the only

data processing person there was there at the time. I did all the reports

for

every department, delivered them, keyed in all the charges, adjustments,

cash payments into the computer. You name it data-wise, I was THE PERSON.

Well, knowing that was really too stressful for anyone, they started

allowing me a part-time person. One weekend that she worked, unbeknownst to

me, she

had to go down to ER and have them listen to her heart because it was like

it was skipping beats. Keep in mind we worked in an office totally full of

electrical stuff. You wouldn't believe it. Printers, but a huge heavy-duty

printer too, several different kinds of computers and they allowed all the

cords laying around all over the floor. Of course, they were behind all the

equipment where you couldn't trip over them. But it was a heavily loaded

electrical office.

Anyway, they hooked up her to all the necessary machines and observed for

her some time, but she was okay. It ended not long after she got there in

the

ER and had left my office.

Then the week that I came back from vacation, I started experiencing that

same problem. I didn't know what the heck was going on with my heart, but it

was skipping beats. My help worked in the afternoons, and when she came in,

I

told her, Margaret, something is wrong with my heart, it's been skipping

beats. I don't know what's wrong.

Margaret said to me: You won't believe that mine started doing the same

thing this weekend, and I went down to ER to have it checked out. Something

is

going wrong in here.

Well, I contacted the Respiratory Department and the girl said, come on

down, let's check you out. But when I got down there, it wasn't acting up at

all. My EKG was normal, but I didn't get to talk to her (department head)

that

day. That night when I got home, my heart started doing it again, and I let

my husband feel of my pulse. It was skipping beats (sounded like) really

bad, then it stopped it. He felt it too. You couldn't help but notice it.

So I talked to the department head the next day, and she told me my EKG was

perfect, but she said that sometimes, believe it or not, there can be a minute

leak of electricity in certain machines, say, like the adding machine. I

used it all day long and so did Margaret. As a matter of fact, she had used

mine that weekend when her heart started doing like mine. Then the

department

head, Sue, said that I needed my office checked out because there's too much

electricity stuff in here and it CAN affect the electrical current in your

heart. It really can.

Now, I have albuterol, but it doesn't affect me like that. I don't use it

often, but I needed it in Feb. when I had a bad case of flu, but a worse case

of bronchitis, which I think that I had a little asthma.

Can you think of any heavy-duty electrical stuff that you've been around?

Susie

[Guest guest]

You bet inhalers can diddle your heart! Check out these side effects:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682145.html#side-effects

What side effects can this medication cause?Return to top

Albuterol may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are

severe or do not go away:

a.. tremor

b.. nervousness

c.. shakiness

d.. dizziness

e.. excitement

f.. headache

g.. difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep

h.. nosebleed

i.. increased appetite

j.. upset stomach

k.. vomiting

l.. stomach pain

m.. muscle cramps

n.. cough

o.. dry mouth (inhalation only)

p.. throat irritation (inhalation only)

Some side effects can be serious. The following symptoms are uncommon, but if

you experience any of them, call your doctor immediately:

a.. rapid, pounding, or irregular heartbeat

b.. chest pain or discomfort

c.. severe rash

d.. hives

e.. itching

f.. increased difficulty breathing

g.. difficulty swallowing

h.. swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or

lower legs

i.. hoarseness

Albuterol may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual

problems while taking this medication.

In case of emergency/overdoseReturn to top

In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If

the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at

911.

Symptoms of overdose may include:

a.. seizures

b.. chest pain

c.. rapid heartbeat

d.. irregular heartbeat

e.. nervousness

f.. headache

g.. tremor

h.. dry mouth

i.. upset stomach

j.. dizziness

k.. excessive tiredness

l.. lack of energy

m.. difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep

n.. seizures

o.. chest pain

p.. rapid heartbeat

q.. irregular heartbeat

r.. nervousness

s.. headache

t.. tremor

u.. dry mouth

v.. upset stomach

w.. dizziness

x.. excessive tiredness

y.. lack of energy

z.. difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep

These are just from the official government NIH site. You will see more at

patient feedback sites.

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asthma inhaler caused heart palpitation?

Hi all, I started taking alubterol/qvar again (2nd year) last week. I

have been taking it off and off. I took it Friday evening. Saturday, I

stayed inside all day and felt fine. I was watching a movie at home

and around 9:30pm I felt a " flutter " in my chest. Of course I kind of

panicked and started to feel faint and blacking out. I waited about 20

minutes, but it wouldn't subside. So my friend took me to the ER and

they said it was a palpitation...I haven't done much research on it.

If you guys don't know about me I'm a pretty healthy 22 year old

female, I only have a few digestion problems but those are coming

under control.

I am so terrified I don't know what to do. I went to the ER twice last

night and just went into urgent care bc my heart feels like it's

beating hard and once in awhile it gets fast. The dr. says it's

probably just anxiety and last night they gave me one pill of ativan,

which I guess is like a sedative/sleep aid.

I just took one puff of QVAR but now I'm so hesitant to take albuterol

for fear of another heart palpitation. I'm usually a pretty strong and

sturdy person, but last night I just got terrified...who wouldn't if

they felt their heart flutter!

Thanks in advance for any opinions or advice or experience you guys

can give me.

Hope all are well,

Shefy