Att: people with a-fib experiences
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> I am interested in hearing from others who have had a-fib eposides and are
> presently on antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
> I am in my 3rd eposide and do not convert on my own. I have been zapped
> twice (not a big deal) and had to go off rythmol after having success with
> it for over 10 months. However, it suddenly produced PVCs and my
> cardiologist was no longer comfortable with me on it. So, now I am faced
> with moving on to something else after I am converted again. Hopefully not
> 1A {*filter*}. Is anyone taking sotalol? (I am of course anticoagulated with
> coumiden).
> What {*filter*} have others been using? I am female, 41, do not have high {*filter*}
> pressure or any type of clinical heart disease. I do have MVP that have
> produced palpitations (PAC's) all my life since I was about 15.I am
> extremely active and not overweight, also a non-smoker.
> Please respond if you have an experience to share.
> Appreciate it,
> Ronnie Schultz
> --
> NYC
Ronnie,
Ask your Cardiologist about a drug called Corvert. It's a relatively
new drug for A-fib that we've used several times here and has converted
the patient > 90% of the time.
--
Mark Turner, RN,CCRN
Good Shepherd Med. Center
Cardiac Cath Lab
Longview, Tx.
