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why am I taking diltiazem March 26, 2024 01:21AM |
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Which is all why I'm leaning more toward the ablation so if I get lucky and get a one-and-done procedure I can quit the drugs and quit the ER visits.
Re: why am I taking diltiazem March 27, 2024 08:14PM |
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>You're taking it daily? How often do you have afib episodes and how high does your heart rate go during an episode with >the diltiazem? Do you know how high it goes without the diltiazem?
180 mg ER daily. I've had 4-5 episodes since December. I wouldn't be surprised to find it is implicated in actually causing episodes. It doesn't agree with my gut, and my episodes are always gut related IOW have something to do with what I eat.
My HR I'm not sure I know how high it goes without the Dilt. I *think* the rate is actually lower lately during an attack, more like 140-ish.
I get scolded by everybody when I show up in the ER and tell them I haven't been taking it due to side effects, so I've been taking it for the past 2 years. My episodes are coming closer together but I'm not so sure the dilt doesn't irritate my gut to the point where food that normally wouldn't be so inflammatory then becomes a heart irritant. I just don't know.
Which is all why I'm leaning more toward the ablation so if I get lucky and get a one-and-done procedure I can quit the drugs and quit the ER visits.