AFibbers Database: John Sieber

Name	John Sieber
Location	Houston, TX
Age	Born 10 Oct 26
Diagnosed condition	Atrial fibrilation
Years with condition	First diagnosed in 1994
Frequency of episodes	Lately, 5 to 9 days between episodes
Duration of episodes	5 to 76 hours
Event preceding first AF	None
General health	Respiratory allergies, prostate cancer survivor
Current state	Allergies controlled by injections, prostate cancer cured by surgery (1996).
Triggers	Stress or emotional states such as anger, perhaps alcohol, large meals.
Preventions	Relaxation breathing exercise, cold showers, occasionally carotid massage.
Current medications/side effects	Dofetilide (Tikosyn) and Toprol XL: no certainty of side effects, though perhaps from the Toprol waves of faintness/nausea and tendency to depression. Coumadin: increased vulnerability to skin bruises.
Past medications/side effects	Atenolol: occasional faint spells. Lanoxin, Disopyramide, Betapace, Rythmol: no side effects noticed. Tambocor: slight discomfort when rolling eyes upward or to side.
History of surgery	Tonsillectomy at about age 4. Radical prostatectomy, 1996. Flutter ablation, 1997.
Future plans	Probably will request a dosage increase in dofetilide, possibly decrease in Toprol. If AF not controlled, will try alternative approaches, such as Willa's magnet bed, biofeedback, hypnotism, mercury removal, mineral supplements, thyroid therapy.
Personal comments	I very much appreciate having this support group, which together with other Internet resources give me hope that some day I can find a permanent cure for AF.
Check list	acebutolol amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) anisindione (miradon) atenolol (tenormin) aspirin azimilide bepridil betaxolol bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) bretylium bucindolol carvedilol cibenzoline dicumarol digitoxin digoxin (lanoxin) diltiazem (cardizem) diphenylhydantoin disopyramide (norpace) dofetilide (tikosyn) dronedarone encainide esmolol (brevibloc) ersentilide flecainide (tambocor) gallopamil ibutilide (corvert) lidocaine mibefradil metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) mexiletine moricizine nadolol phenytoin procainamide propafanone (rythmol) propranolol (inderal) quinapril (accupril) quinidine (quinaglute) sotalol (betapace) tedisamil timolol tocainide trandolapril (mavik) valsartan (diovan) verapamil (calan,isoptin) warfarin (coumadin) asthma diabetes GERD/acid reflux hypertension hypotension hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism adrenergic vagal familial idiopathic/lone paroxysmal permanent/chronic atrial flutter cardiomyopathy CHF PAC PVC SVT syncope bradycardia tachycardia heart block myocardial infarction rheumatic heart diease sick sinus syndrome stroke WPW electrical cardioversion defibrillator pacemaker ablation bypass maze Male Female

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