Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 Vicky, I certainly didn't go off atenolol because of your site though it definitely entered into the equation. I use 25 mg atenolol to slow down the heart rate if it starts running very fast. I was on 50mg and like I mentioned on digoxin and flecainide in the past. A regular cardio put me on the dig. I started feeling worse but I was told that it couldn't be the dig, that dig is " natural " and my dosage was low. I weaned off and felt much better. I sheepishly explained all this to the cardio who then agreed with me. He said to stay on the atenolol. Then I started seeing the EP who put me on flecainide and tried increasing my atenolol to 100mg/day. I couldn't function one day on that high a dose and came back down to 50mg. I felt better. After I determined the flec wasn't helping and was actually making me worse, the EP took me off of it. But no one (GP, EP, cardio) saw a reason to leave atenolol. I discussed your info with my GP who saw no problem with me experimenting getting off/on/off as long as I did it slowly. I quit the beta blocker in August with really good results. With my mixed afib leaning toward vagal, I have more control. I don't come off a stressful week and experience bad afib every weekend anymore because NOT taking the beta blocker apparently lowers the stimulus to the vagus nerve enough. I don't know. Friday I discuss vagal afib with my EP for the first time. Please continue to provide information afibbers can use to make educated choices. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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