PVC'S???

[mm81]

I took Yasmin for 2 years. I stopped taking it 6 mos ago.  Soon after I stopped taking this pill I started having strange heart symptoms I had never had before.  I have seen a cardiologist and he said it sounded like PVC'S.  I had blood work, wore a heart monitor, and had an EKG- all came back normal.  I continue to have these symptoms all day long and they worsen after I eat.  I have what I call a "delayed heart beat" followed by a " strong pounding catch up heart beat".  I am concerned now that I have seen these commercials about Yasmin that I may have heart damage??? Please help!!

[mm81]

Thank you for answering my question!  Could it be that since my heart palpation symptoms did not start until I stopped taking BCP, that the pills were actually helping to control these symptoms??  I have read that BCP sometimes are perscribed to treat heart palpations..

[Cleveland Clinic]

Yasmin is a birth control pill which has been linked to blood clots. No specific heart problems as far as I can tell.
You probably have either PACs or PVCs, which are followed by a compensatory pause. You feel the pause and irregularity of the heart beat and it bothers you. If you have a normal heart ejection fraction then these are inconvenient but not life threatening. THese also may be treated by medications such as beta blockers or calcium channel blockers.