Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Pat - Sounds as if your experience with afib is similar to mine. Though I've only been at it since March 2003. I was diagnosed with chronic afib and finally cardioverted on Aug. 5. The delay was mine. Had my follow up with the cardiologist yesterday and my blood pressure was 170/100. He's worried that the hypertension will throw me back into afib, and suspects that's what caused it in the first place. I'm on fewer drugs than you -- cardizem (calcium channel blocker), diuretic, lisinopril (ace inhibitor) and of course coumadin. Hopefully can go off the coumadin in another 2 or 3 weeks. What I take from these similarities and from what my cardiologist said, is that, while there may be other triggers, both you and I need to concentrate on getting that blood pressure down and keeping it down. From your reply to Pam, it sounds as if maybe you've succeeded at that. Keep a close watch on it. And good luck. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Pam wrote: > Diovan is Amiodorone HCL - The most harsh antiarrhythmic made Pam, I think Diovan is the brand name for valsartan (an antihypertensive agent) -- D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 > This is my first post to this board.I find all of you so helpful with my > A-fib problems. So let me say thanks before I fill you in. > I have had A-fib on and off for 9 years. Hi, Pat, You certainly are on a lot of medication. I fed the list into the drug interaction checker at drugstore.com, and it flagged a bunch of interactions. Just skimming thru them it looked like a lot of duplicate features of the meds. Of course, you shouldn't just stop or change your doses without consulting a doc, but it certainly gave me pause, particularly since you aren't getting a good result from them, and, as someone else mentioned, where the heck is the anti-clotting medication (aspirin or coumadin), the one thing people with afib almost universally take, since clotting is the one life-threatening complication of afib. Why did your doc say you weren't a candidate for an ablation? If I were you, I'd get a second opinion about your situation in general from another cardiologist. Perhaps if the medication situation were cleared up you would feel better but still have the afib well controlled, or perhaps you could get rid of it with an ablation. As you know from reading the group messages, ablations for afib have improved dramatically in the past few years, but it's important to find a skilled doc. If you post your city, perhaps someone could recommend one. On the other hand, a lot of people on the list recommend going to an EP, but I am happy with my cardiologist. She has worked with me to find the right med and the right dose to keep my afib pretty much at bay, and so I have avoided the risks inherent in even an ablation. I am on toprol 50 mg a day, and as much as I dislike the lethargy and weight gain, I am happier not having an ablation right now. So I think you have a bunch of choices to maybe improve your situation. I'd particularly like to know more about why your doc has ruled out ablation and has so many meds prescribed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 > > D and Pat: Sorry Pat, I was trying to copy down all you > > meda and did a type. I can count on to catch me at that. What > > happened was I left one out. > > > > Diovan - Antihypertensive > > and > > Cardure - Amiodorone HCL > > > > Good job - oops - ! > > > > Pam > > Sorry to be a pain Pam but the only brand names I know for amiodarone > are > cordarone and pacerone > > Pat's original post mentioned > Cardura (which I've not heard of before) > which according to rxlist is the brand name for Doxazosin > see > http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/doxazo.htm > -- > D and Pat: your right, I guess I was thinking of Cordarone. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Pat's meds: Covera - calcium channel blocker Cardura - antihypertensive Diovan - antihypertensive (angiotensin receptor blocker Pat, all of the above are antihypertensives. Diovan and Cardura are not Amiodarone, the potentially dangerous antiarrhythmic. The only antiarrhythmic you are on is Betapace which is a combination beta blocker and antiarrhythmic. Loretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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