Re: Flecainide Adverse symptoms?

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Hi Did not get your Name.

All the things you mentioned are very typical. When taking medications for a

cardiac problem these are very powerful drugs and as we all know all drug have

some sort of side effects. this is coupled with the fact that AF has a sort of

side effects if you can call it that, in its self. I am not sure if this is a

mental thing or a Physical thing or both. Just think your heart is pumping as

it was designed, the feeling in your chest of this bumping around causes

unwanted bad effects on your body.

In my case tiredness became my best friend and I slept most of the last 7 years.

My waistline has shot up 4 inhes. I have learned a couple of things though on

where I went wrong with my treatments. It take a long while for the drug to get

into your body and your body to get use to them.... About six weeks.

You have not mentioned if your in PAF or Chronic AF.

In Paroxsymal AF (in and out of Af periods), do you notice any difference in the

way you feel?

In chronic Af this is more difficult to determine how you feel.

In summing up the, you have two problems one the AF and one the drugs both I am

afraid both can make you feel pretty poorly. The other option is to push you EP

and ask for a better drugs but be warned they do like getting out of the draw

Amiodarone. How about a betablocker.

good luck

C UK

Flecainide Adverse symptoms?

Hello, I am a new member of this group. I am currently taking

Fleacainide and I am wondering what side effects are typical.

Specifically, is it common to feel drowsy and to have a general lack

of " drive " ?. I recently cut back on my dosage with my physician's

approval and I was surprised to find so many old emotions returning.

The peculiar part was that when I was on the higher dosage, I wasn't

even aware that they were gone. Is this typical?

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Hi Did not get your Name.

All the things you mentioned are very typical. When taking medications for a

cardiac problem these are very powerful drugs and as we all know all drug have

some sort of side effects. this is coupled with the fact that AF has a sort of

side effects if you can call it that, in its self. I am not sure if this is a

mental thing or a Physical thing or both. Just think your heart is pumping as

it was designed, the feeling in your chest of this bumping around causes

unwanted bad effects on your body.

In my case tiredness became my best friend and I slept most of the last 7 years.

My waistline has shot up 4 inhes. I have learned a couple of things though on

where I went wrong with my treatments. It take a long while for the drug to get

into your body and your body to get use to them.... About six weeks.

You have not mentioned if your in PAF or Chronic AF.

In Paroxsymal AF (in and out of Af periods), do you notice any difference in the

way you feel?

In chronic Af this is more difficult to determine how you feel.

In summing up the, you have two problems one the AF and one the drugs both I am

afraid both can make you feel pretty poorly. The other option is to push you EP

and ask for a better drugs but be warned they do like getting out of the draw

Amiodarone. How about a betablocker.

good luck

C UK

Flecainide Adverse symptoms?

Hello, I am a new member of this group. I am currently taking

Fleacainide and I am wondering what side effects are typical.

Specifically, is it common to feel drowsy and to have a general lack

of " drive " ?. I recently cut back on my dosage with my physician's

approval and I was surprised to find so many old emotions returning.

The peculiar part was that when I was on the higher dosage, I wasn't

even aware that they were gone. Is this typical?

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Thank you for .c's reply to my inquiry. I have paroxysmal a-fib,

and as I mentioned before, the flecainide leaves me drowsy and with

less drive than I'm used to. From c's response it appears that

these symptoms are not atypical.

I have found that by reducing the dosage I am able to still control

the a-fib, however if I delay taking the subsequent dose too long I

can feel myself getting premature heartbeats and then after a few

more hours, occasional A-fib. If I take the dose then, it goes away

within a half hour or so.

during this premature heartbeat but not a-fib zone it appears that

the various maneuvers (that we all learned when we got diagnosed)seem

to work in controlling the premature heartbeats.

I am wondering if anyone has developed the ability to control the

situation with these maneuvers and thereafter reduced the dosage

further.

I would also like to know if there is anyone with PAF who has

successfully adressed this situation with any holistic alternatives.

Thanks,

Jim K.

[Guest guest]

what maneuvers are you referring to.. Vagal exercises?

Re: Flecainide Adverse symptoms?

Thank you for .c's reply to my inquiry. I have paroxysmal a-fib,

and as I mentioned before, the flecainide leaves me drowsy and with

less drive than I'm used to. From c's response it appears that

these symptoms are not atypical.

I have found that by reducing the dosage I am able to still control

the a-fib, however if I delay taking the subsequent dose too long I

can feel myself getting premature heartbeats and then after a few

more hours, occasional A-fib. If I take the dose then, it goes away

within a half hour or so.

during this premature heartbeat but not a-fib zone it appears that

the various maneuvers (that we all learned when we got diagnosed)seem

to work in controlling the premature heartbeats.

I am wondering if anyone has developed the ability to control the

situation with these maneuvers and thereafter reduced the dosage

further.

I would also like to know if there is anyone with PAF who has

successfully adressed this situation with any holistic alternatives.

Thanks,

Jim K.

[Guest guest]

> what maneuvers are you referring to.. Vagal exercises?

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: xn28dpos1946

> ...

> during this premature heartbeat but not a-fib zone it appears

that

> the various maneuvers (that we all learned when we got diagnosed)

seem

> to work in controlling the premature heartbeats.

Uh, yeah, my question too - what maneuvers are these?

[Guest guest]

Hi:

What maneuvers are you talking about...my card. did not teach me

anything? Isabelle

> what maneuvers are you referring to.. Vagal exercises?

> Re: Flecainide Adverse symptoms?

>

>

> Thank you for .c's reply to my inquiry. I have paroxysmal a-

fib,

> and as I mentioned before, the flecainide leaves me drowsy and

with

> less drive than I'm used to. From c's response it appears

that

> these symptoms are not atypical.

>

> I have found that by reducing the dosage I am able to still

control

> the a-fib, however if I delay taking the subsequent dose too

long I

> can feel myself getting premature heartbeats and then after a

few

> more hours, occasional A-fib. If I take the dose then, it goes

away

> within a half hour or so.

>

> during this premature heartbeat but not a-fib zone it appears

that

> the various maneuvers (that we all learned when we got diagnosed)

seem

> to work in controlling the premature heartbeats.

>

> I am wondering if anyone has developed the ability to control

the

> situation with these maneuvers and thereafter reduced the dosage

> further.

>

> I would also like to know if there is anyone with PAF who has

> successfully adressed this situation with any holistic

alternatives.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jim K.

>

>

>

>

>

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In a message dated 9/1/2002 9:53:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

xn28dpos@... writes:

<< Sorry;, I thought this was common knowledge. These maneuvers would be

holding your breath and " bearing down " . Also cold water in the face

Also deep breathing works for me. >>

Those are indeed Valsalva maneuvers, and they were described to me by my

primary care physician even before I was diagnosed with afib. At that point

I was having mostly sinus tachycardia. The maneuvers seemed to work more

effectively in the beginning nineteen years ago up until about my 15th year

of afib. For the past three years the maneuvers didn't seem to have any

effect on staving off an afib episode. However, I haven't had to try them

lately since I haven't been in afib since mid-May :-) Every day I am

questioning more and more those doctors who say that afib has to become

permanent, no matter what we do. (I hope that overly brash and confident

statement doesn't bring bad luck in the form of an afib episode!)

in sinus in Seattle (Day 102)

[Guest guest]

> > what maneuvers are you referring to.. Vagal exercises?

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: xn28dpos1946

> > ...

> > during this premature heartbeat but not a-fib zone it appears

> that

> > the various maneuvers (that we all learned when we got

diagnosed)

> seem

> > to work in controlling the premature heartbeats.

>

>

> Uh, yeah, my question too - what maneuvers are these?

Sorry;, I thought this was common knowledge. These maneuvers would be

holding your breath and " bearing down " . Also cold water in the face

Also deep breathing works for me. Finally some visualisation seems to

work..