| Name | Frances |
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| Location | Suffolk, UK |
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| Age | 62 |
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| Diagnosed condition | Paraoxysmal (lone) atrial fibrillation - no other heart problems |
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| Years with condition | 7 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | Hospitalized in 1997 for 7 days (first attach). I had no adea what AF was at the time |
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| Duration of episodes | Nov 2003 (hospitalized for 3 days) |
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| Event preceding first AF | None |
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| General health | Excellent |
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| Current state | Not too sure what's happening right now! |
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| Triggers | 1997 was put on AMiodorone (200 mg) Warfarin (was always 3mg but no forever changing (mostly higher). Medication stopped working last year and was causing a lot of missed beats, etc. The Cardiolgist I saw privately took me off the Amiodorone (takes 6 months to get out of your system). However my seventh month was last Nov 03 and I went straight back into AF. |
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| Preventions | Don't know any really, although I sometimes think getting too tired may be a contributing factor. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Now on Sotalol, 40mg twice a day. Warfarin (dose keeps changes constantly at the moment) No side effects but it hasn't put my heart back in rythmn Sotolol that is)(it's quite irregular at times). I am now awaiting to see an Electro-Cardiologist in a couple of months time. Feeling a little more hopeful! I certainly do not find the doctors very helpful at all (they appear to know very little about AF and never seems to be able to discuss or answer questios that I ask them). |
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| Past medications/side effects | Amiodorone (200 mg) and Warfarin (3 mg). Amiodorone was an awful drug for the first 6 months - made me feel so ill, shakey, sick and lost a lot of weight. However, after that period it was wonderful for 4 years - I was able to carry on normally with everything, apart from swimming that is. Apparently you can not swin if you have AF and cold water is a BIG "no-no", I was told it could kill you (that info was from a consultant). Oh yes, I was given Flecainide but it made me extemely ill after 3 days and on leaving it off I ended up in AF! |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | Hopefully, to be able to find a cure and carry on normally for a few more years. |
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| Personal comments | It's so nice to have found your site and hopefully we can all be of help to one another in some way or another. |
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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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