AFibbers Database: Al

Name	Al
Location	Texas U,S.A
Age	59
Diagnosed condition	afib
Years with condition	15
Frequency of episodes	have had episodes twice weekly
Duration of episodes	45 minutes to 5 hours
Event preceding first AF	uknown
General health	smoker,obese,poor diet
Current state	recently underwent ablation so uknown at this time
Triggers	My episodes almost always occur at night when I am asleep.I am awakened by the rapid heart beat which can be as high as 220 bpm's but usually ay around 180.I never try to wait them out.I go to the E.R and get converted.At first varopamil worked well but as time passed I have had to rely on the shock paddles.Due to the frequency of attacks,my back and chest is always burned and scarred.I just completed ablation and am hopefull it will solve my problem.
Preventions	nothing
Current medications/side effects	Lorazepam 2 mg 4 times daily addictive Amlodipine 2.5 mg 1 per day Clopidogrel Bisulfate 75 mg 1 per day Citalopram hydrobromide 20 mg 1 per day Aspirin 81 mg 1 per day Simvastatin 40 mg 1 per day Metoprolol Tartate 100 mg twice daily Gabapentin 300 mg 1 per day Ranitidine hcl 150 mg 1 per day Docusate na 240 mg 1 per day
History of surgery	none
Future plans	Improve diet Stop smokeing
Personal comments	The drugs have made me impotent and I stay sleepy all the time
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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