| Name | David |
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| Location | WA |
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| Age | 66 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 4.5 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 2/wk |
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| Duration of episodes | 12 to 48 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | good |
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| Current state | Paroxoximal a-fib. Changed from vagal to adrenal type. |
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| Triggers | excercise, stress, sex. Often hours after exercise. Just as often, for no apparant reason. |
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| Preventions | deep breathing, relaxing, easy walking. |
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| Current medications/side effects | lipitor 10mg
verapamil 180mg twice daily
coumadin 12mg
vitamins E & C
no known side effects
I believe Verapamil is doing a great job. I can still feel somewhat energetic even during periods of a-fib. |
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| Past medications/side effects | lanoxin
atenalol
Lanoxin had no effect as far as I know.
Atenalol kept pulse rate around 50 bpm and I felt tired all the time. Dropped these two drugs in favor of Verapamil. |
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| History of surgery | hernia(before a-fib). TURP(prostate reduction)- no effect other having to get up fewer times during the night. Getting up quickly from the horizontal state often brought on a-fib. |
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| Future plans | Wishful waiting |
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| Personal comments | For those who haven't tried the higher doses of Verapamil, they might consult their cardiologists. |
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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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