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Propafenone is NOT Safe ?
Is Propafenone Safe or not ? I'm a 21 year old male taking this drunk for three times a day for my frequent PVCs?
is this drug increasing the risk of cardiac arrest ? please help ?
is this drug increasing the risk of cardiac arrest ? please help ?
You might want to ask your doctor what he thinks about precribing you a beta blocker I used to take with some success years ago -Acebutolol.
It seemed at the time to help reduce the number of my PVCs without slowing my heart rate too much, and I was not tired or sluggish on it.
best to you.
I think the Metoprolol has helped somewhat, although PVCs seem to come and go as they please I don't notice than this much anymore. I don't know if that's because it has really helped or if I'm just so used to them after 30 years. I seem to get more concerned with my PSVT when that happens.
An option might be to see an Electrophysiologist (heart rhythm doctor) to get a second opinion on treatment options, either drug or ablation. I'd find one recommended by your family doctor or cardiologist's office, or see if you can find one that is well known in your city. (Sometimes there's articles on the top 10 this or that in the local press).
There's little doubt that Beta Blockers are safer, but there is some question on how effective they are. They slow the heart rate, which for many, including myself, translates into fewer ectopics, but some get more upon slowing. And Beta Blockers make the heart beat less forcefully, which reduces how hard the ectopics feel when they occur. Some people get direct relief from them, others subjective relief. I was on Atenolol when my recent bout occurred, and I switched to Acebutolol. I was surprised when one night I took my pulse and I was still having the PVCs, but I was totally unaware of the feeling. I still get them, not as often, and much less forcefully.
There's little doubt that Beta Blockers are safer, but there is some question on how effective they are. They slow the heart rate, which for many, including myself, translates into fewer ectopics, but some get more upon slowing. And Beta Blockers make the heart beat less forcefully, which reduces how hard the ectopics feel when they occur. Some people get direct relief from them, others subjective relief. I was on Atenolol when my recent bout occurred, and I switched to Acebutolol. I was surprised when one night I took my pulse and I was still having the PVCs, but I was totally unaware of the feeling. I still get them, not as often, and much less forcefully.
Hi Jerry , thank you for the respond ! I started taking Propafenone three months ago and my PVCs become less and less symptomatic , and now i do not know if i should listen to my new cardiologist and switch to beta bockers /
Hi Elli thanks for replying ! :) my new cardiologist wants me to take Metoprolol instead of Propafenone and he says that beta blockers are lot safer than Anti-Arrhythmia medications .
I've tried Nebilet and Bystolic also Isoptin SR 240 mg and my PVCs were still there but with Propafenone I don't feel them anymore .
Is metoprolol working for your PVCs ?
I've tried Nebilet and Bystolic also Isoptin SR 240 mg and my PVCs were still there but with Propafenone I don't feel them anymore .
Is metoprolol working for your PVCs ?
Yeah It has helped a lot and it's only been three months , I get 12 000 - 14 000 Pvcs a day but with Propafenone I would get 2000 - 2500 a day .
I also take Isoptin Sr 240 mg once in the morning.
my new cardiologist wants me to take Beta Blockers instead..
I also take Isoptin Sr 240 mg once in the morning.
my new cardiologist wants me to take Beta Blockers instead..
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I took the drug (225 mg I think) for a number of years to help keep me in normal sinus rhythm following electrocardioverson of atrial fibrillation. I was just put on the drug, no hospital start up. My cardiologist required hospitalization for drugs at the Flecanide (sp?) and stronger level.
I had no side-effect problems with propafeone and was still running for exercise during those years... I don't recall how many years, perhaps 5. I no longer take it because of ongoing AFib problems that that drug could not prevent in me any longer.
I was an am considerably older and would be concerned about having to take a drug for decades... but it may be you only help at this time...perhaps something better will become available in the next few years.
I had no side-effect problems with propafeone and was still running for exercise during those years... I don't recall how many years, perhaps 5. I no longer take it because of ongoing AFib problems that that drug could not prevent in me any longer.
I was an am considerably older and would be concerned about having to take a drug for decades... but it may be you only help at this time...perhaps something better will become available in the next few years.
I took that - 225 mg three times a day for over 12 years. I was never started in the hospital. I did fine with it never had an issue, of course I was in my early 30s and my heart is otherwise healthy except for the rhythm issues. I have been off for many years now and on metoprolol 25 b.i.d. I have more issues with that than anything else being tired etc.
Most Anti-Arrhythmia medications have the potential to cause life-threatening arrhythmias, particularly in people with structural damage to their hearts. To prevent this, you should have been evaluated for heart function and started on the medication in the hospital, where they would closely watch for changes in the EKG indicating a problem was occurring.
Once placed on it, without heart disease and examined periodically, and when you're careful about other medications or substances taken, there is very little risk associated with it.
Has it relieved your PVCs? Were you hospitalized when you first starred taking it?
Once placed on it, without heart disease and examined periodically, and when you're careful about other medications or substances taken, there is very little risk associated with it.
Has it relieved your PVCs? Were you hospitalized when you first starred taking it?
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