 | AFibbers Database: Nick - nmmc01@yahoo.com |  |   |
| Name | Nick - nmmc01@yahoo.com |
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| Location | Houston, TX |
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| Age | 40 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Lone Afib |
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| Years with condition | 3 |
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| Frequency of episodes | weekly |
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| Duration of episodes | 10 minutes to 36 hours |
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| Event preceding first AF | none |
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| General health | excellent health, kiteboarding, mountaineering, endurance athlete |
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| Current state | afib weekly, not cured yet |
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| Triggers | caffeine, large meals, vigorous exercise, alcohol, drinking water immediately after exercise often causes afib for me, swimming, pretty much anthing that tires the heart |
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| Preventions | none yet |
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| Current medications/side effects | toprol 12.5 mg, flecainide 100 mg - nothing works for me, aspirin |
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| Past medications/side effects | rhythmol sr 325 mg - failed this one |
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| History of surgery | apendectomy 7 years ago |
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| Future plans | hope to get ablation in 2008 |
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| Personal comments | Living with afib is not fun. Would like to try vitimin alternatives to the antiarhythmic drugs such as Q10, vitimin C, B-complex, magnesium etc. Can anyone recommend anything? |
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| 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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