Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 > Rythmol SR: New Treatment Option for Atrial Fibrillation > > http://www.eplab.com/eplab/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=article2996 I had been taking 160 mg Sotalol bid since July 1st with no control of my afib so the Doc switched me to Rythmol SR 225 mg Sept 1. I had to go thru a 48 hr time period of stopping the Sotalol and starting the Rythmol. I went into afib 36 hrs after stopping Sotalol. I was in afib 8 days from that time with rates of 120-160. The 225 Rythmol did nothing. I had a total of 24 hrs without afib in 8 days. When I wasn't in afib I was in tachycardia with rates of 100-120. I had to wait til I was on the 225mg dose 1 week before my dose could be increased.I was increased to 325 mg dose and have had 4 long episodes and several mini ones during the last 10 days at this dose.I'll be calling the doc to give report at this dose and see if I will be increased to the next dose. I developed afib after my ablation for SVT in Feb. Since then I have been on Toprol , Sotalol at 80 mg 120 mg 160 mg and now the Rythmol 225 mg , 325mg. This is very hard to control Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 > Rythmol SR: New Treatment Option for Atrial Fibrillation > > http://www.eplab.com/eplab/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=article2996 This seemed strange to me when I was reading it, since rhythmol has been around for some time, and it seemed an elementary discussion for medical profesionals, and I began to suspect it was an odd ad of some sort. Then I noticed that it was written by a nurse. Dunno what this is, since nurses are obviously not prescribing medication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Trudy: I think what they were announcing was the SR (sustained release) version --- so that it could be taken twice daily, rather than three times a day. H, Charlotte > > Rythmol SR: New Treatment Option for Atrial Fibrillation > > > > http://www.eplab.com/eplab/displayArticle.cfm? articleID=article2996 > > > This seemed strange to me when I was reading it, since rhythmol has > been around for some time, and it seemed an elementary discussion for > medical profesionals, and I began to suspect it was an odd ad of some > sort. Then I noticed that it was written by a nurse. Dunno what this > is, since nurses are obviously not prescribing medication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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