Tikosyn Dosages

[Guest guest]

Tuesday will be my first follow-up visit with my EP since going on

Tikosyn on March 16th and it has not been working very well for me.

I went into our database to check out information and it seems like

my EP has me on a very low dosage, 250 x2, so I am wondering whether

upping the doseage will help.

I had an afib episode the day after starting the tikosyn and 3 more

since then for a total of 4 in a little over a month, which is about

what my rate was before the change over in meds. It was my hope as

more of the drug got into my system it would work better and maybe it

just takes longer.

One of the reasons for trying the new meds was the fact that we knew

I was about to experience great stress and fatigue as my daughter-in-

law was about to have a procedure done for a brain aneurysm. It meant

giving support to her, worrying about the results and taking care of

three little kids. She came through the procedure very well and is

home recuperating but, and isn't there always a BUT, they could not

complete the procedure. She will have to go through the entire

process in another 2 months so the stress level for all of us is

still there.

Maybe my life style right now is just too much for any medicine to

handle. The good news is that the episodes do permit me to continue

functioning but they are lasting longer but so far always stop on

their own.

BARB IN PA

[Guest guest]

Barb - best wishes for your daugher-in-law.. I will keep her in my prayers, and

you and your family as well...

I started on 250 x 2 and went into afib a week after leaving the hospital on

that dose. I was upped to 250 x 3 and that dose kept me in NSR for a solid 15

months. If your QT interval can handle it, ask your dr. to try that dose for a

while... everyone has their magic number!

Stef

thereshope2002 thereshope2002@...> wrote:

Tuesday will be my first follow-up visit with my EP since going on

Tikosyn on March 16th and it has not been working very well for me.

I went into our database to check out information and it seems like

my EP has me on a very low dosage, 250 x2, so I am wondering whether

upping the doseage will help.

I had an afib episode the day after starting the tikosyn and 3 more

since then for a total of 4 in a little over a month, which is about

what my rate was before the change over in meds. It was my hope as

more of the drug got into my system it would work better and maybe it

just takes longer.

One of the reasons for trying the new meds was the fact that we knew

I was about to experience great stress and fatigue as my daughter-in-

law was about to have a procedure done for a brain aneurysm. It meant

giving support to her, worrying about the results and taking care of

three little kids. She came through the procedure very well and is

home recuperating but, and isn't there always a BUT, they could not

complete the procedure. She will have to go through the entire

process in another 2 months so the stress level for all of us is

still there.

Maybe my life style right now is just too much for any medicine to

handle. The good news is that the episodes do permit me to continue

functioning but they are lasting longer but so far always stop on

their own.

BARB IN PA