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Re: High BP after trying to wean off Metoprolol - 1 year ago

Quotesusan.d George is right-use a razor blade and slowly wean off. Thanks for sharing your story and sorry to hear you had to go through that. I’m on day 3 of weaning off it, following George’s advice. Having been on 25mg and now on 12.5mg and slowly decreasing. Somehow I already feel much better than before on 1/2 a dose (minus 2/14). Hard to qualify it, but feel more ‘normal’. 1

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Re: High BP after trying to wean off Metoprolol - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN I'd use a single edge razor blade and cut a little bit more off each day. That's a very good suggestion. I will follow that. Thanks again...

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Re: High BP after trying to wean off Metoprolol - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN if beta-blocker discontinuation is necessary, it is preferable to do so in gradual fashion if possible. Thank you, George, you're an amazing ally in the Afib community. ❤ Doctor's office told me to take 1/2 for now (12.5mg). Any thoughts how to more gradually wean off it?

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High BP after trying to wean off Metoprolol - 1 year ago

I’m on Metoprolol 25mg for 4 weeks for Afib and need to go off it as I have been prescribed Multaq (see post link below). After 3.5 hours after my normal dosage time (so after 28.5h since last dose) my BP spiked suddenly to 155/95. Before metoprolol my BP has been picture perfect (120/80 typically). Never had BP issues my entire life. Called the doctor’s office and for now on 1/2 per day u

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

Quotegloaming 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

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

Quotekarin 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! Thank you for this. My life is indeed totally upended with episodes every 2 days. Sometimes 2x per day. Luckily I f

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

Quotegloaming I believe your watch should be able to download an ECG record in chart/graphic form that your health app would render It does, but only for the 30 second of ECG data that is manually triggered.

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

QuotePavanPharter I have 4 full bottles of it and one opened bottle that's 80% full. Never did a thing for me. Sorry to hear. Anything eventually worked?

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Re: How to find the best EP? - 1 year ago

Quotesldabrowski Try this website Medifind.com - interesting compilation of all conditions and Docs. You can drill down to specific conditions, locations, levels of expertise.. Thank you!

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN 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? - 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

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Re: Interesting breath-hold conversions - 1 year ago

This is very useful information! Thank you for taking the time to write this up. I have healthy kidneys. I assume careful experimentation is needed. Maybe will start with one spray on leg. And gently increase it. Currently have an episode.

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN 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. 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. I think you're spot on! Res

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN 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: Thank you George. Have you seen any interactions with Metoprolol On the forum? I have a

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Re: Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

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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Re: How to find the best EP? - 1 year ago

Thanks! Getting this…

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Any experience with Multaq? - 1 year ago

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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Re: Interesting breath-hold conversions - 1 year ago

QuoteGeorgeN ISo I got up and chewed 150 mg of flec (to get to my PIP dose of 200 mg) along with some magnesium chloride ("magnesium oil") that is my habit with PIP flec. How much and how do you apply this? I have tried to find info how many mg is absorbed by the body per spray (or whatever measure). I wonder if it is possible to overdose on Magnesium. Thank you!

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Re: Afib and ectopic beats - 1 year ago

QuoteKen After my first ablation which lasted 13 years, I occasionally had ectopic beats, but only for 2-5 second blips. I found this website and via recommendations I found here, started taking Magnesium, Potassium and Taurine daily, with additional Magnesium in the evening, but not at high levels. I have been doing this for about 13 years and have essentially eliminated the ectopic beats. I

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Re: How to find the best EP? - 1 year ago

Endurance level: run 5K 3-5 times per week. Run 2 half marathons per year. Used to run more but covid messed up my endurance already pre afib. And thanks for the ref! Will look into.

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How to find the best EP? - 1 year ago

Hi, my afib episodes started after a bad bout of CoviD, mid February. Still recovering- possibly long covid. My general cardiologist told me I'm a good candidate for ablation. Athlete with no other health issues. Is there a way to find what the top institution are for ablation? I don't mind traveling ( although the idea of flying scares me now). Live in pacific Northwest area.

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Re: Interesting breath-hold conversions - 1 year ago

Hi all. New afibber here. As it happens was able to convert myself twice using the box breathing technique. Same observations as George. Have ectopics before it starts. Use half a Metoprolol to lower heartrate but during the 2 times it converted during box breathing before meds could have worked. It doesn't always work but I seem to be able to shorten an episode with box breathing.

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