| Name | Bill |
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| Location | West Haven, CT |
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| Age | 56 |
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| Diagnosed condition | PAF, PVC |
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| Years with condition | 25 |
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| Frequency of episodes | PAF - Seldom PVC - Daily |
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| Duration of episodes | PAF - Hours to Days PVC - Minutes to Days |
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| Event preceding first AF | Stress |
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| General health | Obesity, Diabetes |
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| Current state | Under Control with periodic breakthrough episodes |
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| Triggers | Caffeine in all variations (soft drinks, De-Caf, Chocolate, Tea). Cold medicines (pseudo-ephadrine), alcohol in excess, DHEA. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Felcainide (Tambocor) 150 mg 2x day
Atenolol 25 mg 1x day
Pottasium 20mg 1 x day
Aspirin - Adult enteric coated 1 x day
Lipitor - 20 mg 1 x day
Celebrex 200 mg 1 x day (was on and preferred Viox)
Glyburide 1 x day
Metformin 2 x day
On my own I take
Magnesium 500 mg 2 x day
Fish Oil 6,000 mg 2 x day
No side effects from current meds |
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| Past medications/side effects | Corgard
Quinidine Sulfate
Sotalol (poor control and fatigue) |
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| History of surgery | No heart surgery.
Gastric bypass for weight loss - December, 1997 |
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| Future plans | Continued weight loss. Improved exercise program.
Stick to medications. Continue taking fish oil and consider additional vitamins and minerals that may benefit me including Taurine, CoQ10, Copper, L-Arginine. |
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| Personal comments | My espidoes of PAF are blessedly infrequent. Always puts me into the hospital. Generally only for a few hours. I like my current meds and I have good control. My main problem is PVCs. When I get episodes it lasts off and one for days or weeks. My chesk muscles and sternum get sore. I can live with my condition at present. My doctor mentioned ablation for PAF but it is not bad or frequent enough to justify the risks. Ablation does not help PVCs which is my major problem. |
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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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