Guest guest Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I woke this morning with my heart flopping vs. beating steady. I am a 44 year old female. I went to the local Primacare, who called an ambulance to ER. My rate at that time was 185-200. My question is, the ambulance folks used an awful drug 3 times in route, which did not work. They then showed me that it had briefly stopped my heart, on the chance that the normal rythym would resume when it restarted. Has anyone ever heard of this, such as what drug? Nothing I have read describes it. The hospital staff said " oh, that doesn't work for AF, and gave me something else, which did work. Just curious about this experience. No cause is known yet for this, other than I was taking Synthroid which they have had me stop, and start on Lopressor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 > My question is, the ambulance folks used an awful drug 3 times in route, which did > not work. They then showed me that it had briefly stopped my heart, > on the chance that the normal rythym would resume when it restarted. > Has anyone ever heard of this, such as what drug? Nothing I have > read describes it. Sounds like adenosine to me, see http://www.adhb.co.nz/newborn/drugprotocols/AdenosinePharmacology.htm http://www.vhpharmsci.com/PDTM/Monographs/adenosine.htm I had it done twice without success. -- D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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