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Really Fast Heartrate

Posted by PavanPharter 
Really Fast Heartrate
May 06, 2022 07:39AM
138 this AM, can't think of any reason why. Feel winded moving about.

I have metoprolol, diltiazem, flecainide in the house and am taking Eliquis already.

Re: Really Fast Heartrate
May 06, 2022 09:41AM
That could be flutter but I'm puzzled about the drugs you have but aren't taking. Which ones are currently prescribed for you and why aren't you taking them?
Re: Really Fast Heartrate
May 06, 2022 10:10AM
Because I wasn't in flutter until now.

What can I do now? Likely need an ECV cause drugs won't break this. Might have prevented it. IDK.
Re: Really Fast Heartrate
May 06, 2022 03:11PM
Flecainide is pretty good at preventing flutter but won't usually stop it, as you said. If I were you I would start taking the flecainide daily as prescribed along with either the metoprolol or diltiazem, whichever was most recently prescribed. That way when you do come out of it you'll already have flecainide on-board to prevent a relapse. I spent several years dealing with flutter and I never found any prescription drug that could be used as a PIP against it. The trouble with flutter is that, unlike afib, it's a stable rhythm. So once it gets started, electricity is often the only thing that will stop it.
Re: Really Fast Heartrate
May 07, 2022 03:18PM
Thanks Carey
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