| Name | Ruth |
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| Location | Boston Ma |
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| Age | 68 |
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| Diagnosed condition | A fib, A tachycardia, high bp, PVCs and PACs both |
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| Years with condition | 10? |
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| Frequency of episodes | 1 or 2 a day |
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| Duration of episodes | short |
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| Event preceding first AF | Wish I knew! Not in recent family history |
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| General health | otherwise ok I have mild hayfever type allergy, what I believe to be sensitivities to foods~milk, nuts, sugar and salt mostly |
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| Current state | same |
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| Triggers | Don't know triggers. I awake with the tachycardia sometimes at night |
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| Preventions | Wish I knew |
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| Current medications/side effects | This is the problem. I don't seem to do well at all on the meds. Atenolol 25 mg worked for many years without serious side effects and then suddenly dropped my bp to 90/40 and sent the pulse into the 40s too. I was sweitched to Labetalol which made me horribly fatigued and feeling a strange inner tremor (feels like a fluttery small motor is running inside my head and body) I switched to a cardiologist at Brigham and Womens Hospital who, I heard, specializes in arrythemias in women. She started me on I Cartia XT 180mg. I feel better than I did on Labetelol, but still the motor and still fatigue but not as bad as on the Labetelol. Taking the drug at night helps. Although older, I have a lot of social and family obligations, chronicly ill husband and 90 year old mother who needs help. I need to feel ok |
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| Past medications/side effects | see above |
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| History of surgery | none |
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| Future plans | I need suggestions how to manage things. Otherwise, I feel overwhelmed by what needs doing and how I am feeling. No one in my family knows how little strength I have at times and I don't like to complain. |
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| Personal comments | I have been treated in the past for acid reflux with famotidine. After drastic diet changes (low fat) I don't have much acid reflux and don't take it except on rare occaisions. I am currently on Zetia for high cholesterol, which remains high despite eating a 40gm fat/day diet (Husband has chronic pancreatitis, non alchohol related, so I cook very low fat. The doctor who prescribed Labetolol took me off my zetia for a month during which time my total cholesterol shot up (shown in a blood test at the end of that month). So I know where I stand with that! |
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) |  atenolol (tenormin) | aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil | metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism | | adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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