More questions about SVT

  I just posted a message, but want to add on to it.  I was wondering if you knew the link between the supraventricular tachycardia that I was diagnosed with and the ritalin I took for 13 years.  Please read my previous message to get a better idea of my history.  Thank you.
  It wasn't until recently that I had chest pains, but I also noticed that at about the same time, the ritalin began causing my heart to beat too fast, so I stopped taking it.
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Dear Katie,
There is no reported association between Ritalin and supraventricular tachycardia or MVP.  
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