Many people have thousands of PVC'S everydayand have do not get heart failure. Your lower heart rate may be allowing more time for the pvc's to kick in. This was happening to me & the doctor took me off the BB and gave me a calcium channel blocker, verapamil. You might ask.
Thanks. I will ask heart doc on dec 4 when i go. My regular doc said to
double the metoprolol but i won't cuz will make heart go TOO slow. I did
start off with half dosage and when i upped it to regular i noticed i got flips all day and all nite instead of just all nite. Bpr was high. Regular doc said it
could cause the flips, but heart nurse said unlikely. Who to believe?! Is ccb
an antiarithmic? Side effects? Works better than bb?
My EP specialist told me that sometimes when the heartrate is slow it can cause some people to get more pvc's. Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker. It has worked great for keeping my BP normal & I have no side effects. The BB was lowering my HR down into the 40's & 50's even at very a very low dosage.
Wow. I am trying to reduce the bb cuz still getting pvc's constantly and i
mean it feels like every beat. I will ask the doc about verapamil cuz i do
need something to lower the bp. I am older. Thanks.
I am a little older, 67 and have 'suffered' with PVC's for a long time. I find that magnesium Taurate helps immensely and also, maintaining a very 'clean' diet has helped. No processed foods, MSG, anything that is not in it's natural state and using coconut oil for cooking also is something that I do now. And staying well hydrated with pure water. Fluoride in tap water seems to cause arrhythmias in some people, so I have heard. I have spent years doing research on these horrid PVC's. They may be 'benign' but feel anything but.
Hope this helps.