Any experience with Multaq? April 08, 2023 03:38AM |
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My EP prescribed Multaq over Flecanide, to be careful. He wants to see echo/MRI first.
Anyone has experience with Multaq?
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Anyone has experience with Multaq?
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My EP prescribed Multaq over Flecanide, to be careful. He wants to see echo/MRI first.
Anyone has experience with Multaq?
It is the mildest rhythm med. Dr. Natale commonly prescribes it after an ablation, during the "blanking period."
Here is a search on Multaq on this site: [www.afibbers.org]
Re: Any experience with Multaq? April 09, 2023 04:13AM |
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It's so good to hear you can excercise well. I'm 6 weeks into Afib and very scared to do any exercise until this has stabilized. I'm looking forward to do my daily 5Ks again.
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Thank you George. Have you seen any interactions with Metoprolol On the forum? I have a low resting and sleep HR. In the mid to upper 40's. I'm worried Multaq may drop the rate too low. Messaged my doc to be sure.
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It's so good to hear you can exercise well. I'm 6 weeks into Afib and very scared to do any exercise until this has stabilized. I'm looking forward to do my daily 5Ks again.
Re: Any experience with Multaq? April 09, 2023 06:17PM |
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My thought is, if you go on Multaq, do you need Metoprolol? Or perhaps take Metoprolol for rate control when you are in afib, but only on-demand during the episode.
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I had an episode last night and took 1/2 Metoprolol as instructed when episodes starts (12.5mg). During sleep my HR dipped to 32 for approx. 30 minutes.
Not yet on Multaq.
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If you are recording beat to beat heart rate, are there pauses a lot longer than 2 seconds (I.e. 30 BPM)?
When you don’t take Metoprolol during an episode, what is your average heart rate?
How long do your episodes last? Hours or days?
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- Unfortunately Apple Watch doesn't seem to give me this data. I tried my Garmin but it seems not be able to record HR accurately in Afib. Numbers are much lower. Currently wearing a holter ( day 2 of 7 ).
- The last episode without Metoprolol indicates approx. 110 but with peaks in the 130-160 range.
- Typically 4-5 hours. But frequency starts to increase to every other day.
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HDS,
So you know, I had paroxymal afib for 15 plus years where afib would hit me several times a year. Held off on ablation until last August. There are so many good options now so don't get discouraged! Find a very very good EP and go from there. Good luck!
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Okay, so the magic is to somehow sense when something is untoward, as has been my history with AF (I don't suffer it gladly, put it that way), and then to make your watch record a burst or five. When it happened to me, I could feel that I was in AF,. I was out walking with our toddler grandson, and had walked slowly with him for maybe eight or nine minutes. When I looked, my watch said 135 BPM, so I immediately toggled it to record an ECG. It was that record that my EP used to agree to call me and have a consultation over the phone. But, he agreed just based on that email and graphic depiction that I was back in AF.