Ventricular Tachycardia Questions

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 ...

Anyone dealing with decreased lung diffusion while on Amiodarone?

Posted 5 Jan 2011 by ssadiec • 4 answers

Son 24 for 2 yr on this med now has 17% decrease in lung diffusion + some atrial fib incidents: had 4 successful cardioversions all the while on Amiodarone. This time doc stopped Amio. & started Digoxin, Diltiazem, Coreg, and has returned to sinus rhythm but doc decided to put back on ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ventricular Tachycardia - I've had an ICD for VTAC for about 4 years now. Started on Sotalol 120's?

Posted 7 Nov 2011 by mwwchi • 3 answers

... which worked for 3 years. Got shocked a couple times so went to 160's. Dr. attempted an ablation in 2007 but backed out because too complicated. Scheduled for another attempt in Oct. 2011 at the U of Wash. It was 60 to 70% successful. I got shocked the next day so was put on Amiodorone and ...

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Posted 25 Mar 2018 by Adamjr • 0 answers

What is the best effective medication for ventricular tachycardia.?

Posted 4 Sep 2009 by sagunthala • 1 answer

... sotatol or amiodarone and pls weigh the major side effects

My husband just started Amiodarone and is vomiting and sweating. I know it depends on the?

Posted 30 Oct 2009 by iseelight • 1 answer

... individual, but is a general timeline for this to end? Also, I am looking at food diet to possibly help side effects be less. Anyone know more about that? Such as, no or as low as possible iodine containg foods, ect...

Atenolol and verapamil?

Posted 19 Dec 2009 by susanamburgy • 1 answer

Is it all all posible to take both of these meds together ? More for the electrical systm reasons than high blood pressure ?

Ventricular Tachycardia - I was diagnosed with VT and anomalies of the heart. I have never had a?

Posted 8 Jan 2013 by angelak65 • 2 answers

... heart attack and was a treadmill girl. All of a sudden last year when I would be on my treadmill my head would drop and I felt like I would pass out. I would get off and sit down and my heart would take off. I would sit and wait for it to go away. Didn't get it checked out till I about ...

Amiodarone stops me from a fib... a flutter... svt... Anrvt but does not slow my heart rate?

Posted 20 Jan 2013 by dwrdokeefe • 2 answers

... which runs between 80 to 270 does depending on activity does anyone else have this issue?

This is for anyone who's knows anything?

Posted 18 Mar 2013 by BRRMARS • 3 answers

I have Chronic V-Tach, which i'm going to have an abalation surgery in July for. I'm currently on Sotalol 360mg a day, accopmied by a migragine for 3hrs after i take each dose. I also have a heat problem, i'm only 40 and am hot all the time i mean hot it can be 50 out and i'm in ...

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 ...

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?