Ventricular Tachycardia Questions

Which is safer, Flecainide or amiodarone?

Posted 2 May 2017 by Val di • 0 answers

I am going in for a pacemaker defibrillator implant tomorrow. I have a fib, some v tach, tachy brady syndrome and about 35,000 multifocal pvc's a day. My doctor is suggesting these drugs... which do you think is safer?

Lidocaine - How does lidocaine effed VT... cause of action?

Posted 12 Dec 2016 by Amentik • 0 answers

Just started taking low dose amiodarone (100 mg) first week I came down with a very?

Posted 12 Sep 2016 by palacios36 • 1 answer

swollen left ankle. and an area near the groin, nothing on the right leg. Is this something to worry about? Will it go back to normal once the drug is stopped? jal

I have been diagnosed with ectopic heartbeats. They scare the heck out of me. In 1993 I had a?

Posted 11 Sep 2016 by heidi66 • 0 answers

... ablation for super ventricular tachycardia which was successful. Now all these years later i get these ectopic heartbeats. I have had ekg, echocardiogram, blood tests and holter monitor. Heart is normal except for these ectopics. Can anyone tell me what medication or natural supplements you may ...

Is anyone taking Sotalol for v-fib?

Posted 15 Jan 2016 by Libo024 • 0 answers

Have ICD installed and stopping Amiodarone

I have been diagnosed with SVT and VT and am on 50mg Flecainide twice a day?

Posted 25 Jun 2015 by ilovebirds • 3 answers

I have read frightening articles about Flecainide such as sudden cadiact arrest and having a high chance to have a worse and fatal arrhythmia by taking this after certain time. Since I am taking this medication( it is about a month) my heart beat are back to normal and I feel good and do my daily ...

Is it possible to develope ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation, or wolf-Parkinson's disease?

Posted 12 Sep 2015 by JD3581 • 0 answers

Last year I was diagnosed with SVT, which I received a catheter ablation for soon after. I went into my cardiologist before the surgery and he told me that it was not a type of tachycardia that could kill me. I'm now 18 years old but I still fear that even tho I have done the ablation and am ...

Ventricular Tachycardia - Getting diagnosed and I'm so scared. I've been dealin with shortness of?

Posted 1 Mar 2015 by Savannahharris • 4 answers

... breath where it feels like I can't breathe, chest pains, heart palps, fast heart rate but sometimes slow. I guess normal... I'm just used to it being fast so when it's slow it feels weird too. I've almost passed out more times than I can count. I get tiny breaks in between ...

Can you transition from 25mg Atenolol to 3.125mg Coreg within same day or next day?

Posted 5 Oct 2014 by SmartiMarti • 2 answers

I've been experiencing increased side effects, allergic in nature over past year with Atenolol. Tried to transition from Atenolol to Bystolic on 10-1-14 but it drove BP & Pulse ↑↑ for me. Im normal ly 107-70 to 120/80 BP & Pulse of 70s-80s. By 4p 10-3-14 Bp was in 150s & ...

Can I take 25mg Atenolol today & transition to 2.5mg Bystolic tmrw?

Posted 30 Sep 2014 by SmartiMarti • 1 answer

Have been on 12.5mg Atenolol twice daily for 7yrs. Have bad side effects & very sensitive to most any type of drug. Hard to metabolize pills. Take 100mc Synthroid & 22.5mg Temazepam for sleep.

Vasopressin dosing?

Posted 5 Jan 2015 by Cathman • 1 answer

Why are the criteria for Vasopressin dosings categorized by Asystole, V-fib and V-tach? Should it not be for severe/acute phase hypotension and cardiogenic shock? Vasopressin has no direct effect on spontaneous return of circulation as it is listed here since it is simply antidiuretic hormone. It ...

Taking Metoprolol and Amiodarone at the same time?

Posted 15 May 2014 by Cautious Wife • 1 answer

My Husband was in the Hospital for Ventricular Tachycardia (he has a pacemaker) and they put him on the Amiodarone drip for a few days, which helped. They gave him the full dose after he came off the drip that morning, but they never gave him the Metoprolol in the hospital. He took his first dose ...

PEG-3350 with Electolytes - Will this have an affect on VT syndrome ?

Posted 15 Sep 2014 by lj embrey • 1 answer

I have V-tach, have a defibulator and take medicine for the problem. Will this product have any effects on this?

I was on toprol tartrate and switched to toprol xl succinate, whats the difference?

Posted 26 Nov 2011 by matali • 1 answer

Ventricular Tachycardia - I've been dealing with episodes of VT for six months. I've had two EP studies done with one ablation. I was on toprol xl and my doctor switched me to toprol succinate. It seems like my PVCs are more noticeable with the switch. Does anyone know the difference ...

High Blood Pressure - past 2 month I took atenolol 50mg, but my blood pressor is not improve?

Posted 2 Apr 2013 by dhana • 1 answer

... (85/145) , now doctor change my tablets dapril 10mg, is that tablets (dapril 10mg) control my high blood pressor? some time