Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Support Group
Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia) which involves the two small, upper heart chambers (the atria). Heart beats in a normal heart begin after electricity generated in the atria by the sinoatrial node spread through the heart and cause contraction of the heart muscle and pumping of blood.
It's possible that I might begin taking flecainide (sp?.) I seem to recall reading here that some people had bad side effects and others none at all. I wonder if dosage effects this? Anyway, if this drug would help me get back to being able to more strenuously work out and go on longer hikes, it would be worth it--if the side effects are non existent or tolerable.
Probably I'll just have to see but I thought that I'd ask.
I may well be able to not go on it too.
Probably I'll just have to see but I thought that I'd ask.
I may well be able to not go on it too.
I was started on this drug at home (no hospital monitoring) and this was quite scary since I knew what it could do, and that it was in the Black Box category!
Cardio changed it to Rythmol and that was no good either, giving me almost every side effect it had! It controlled the AFib but I could barely function.
I quit the antiarrythmia drugs 11 months ago now and have been managing well on more natural supplements like high dose Vit C, high magnesium, Ribose etc, and a low dose Diltiazem and have had no real AFib episodes, just the occasional PAC.
These drugs can be hell for some of us folks!
Sandra