AFibbers Database: Rachel A

Name	Rachel A
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Age	47
Diagnosed condition	AFib & Diabetes
Years with condition	1 month or more
Frequency of episodes	first one... and it's still continuing
Duration of episodes	1+ months
Event preceding first AF	???? Don't know what's starting this
General health	Asthmatic, obese, found out I'm diabetic when I was hospitalized
Current state	still experiencing AFib
Triggers	I don't know
Preventions	again, I don't know
Current medications/side effects	see list below. Because of coumadin, I can't take NSAIDs... and my arthretic back is impossible without the ibuprophen and arnica! OUCH!
Past medications/side effects	still on original regamin
History of surgery	tonsils
Future plans	cardioversion, soon. Deal with diabetes because at least there's something I can do to address that...
Personal comments	I'm feeling really helpless about this AFib. Seems like there's nothing I can really do for it, and taking the coumadin is really limiting what I can do because of back pain.
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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