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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Medicines for PVC's

Doing more research on my PVC issues.  So far, my exercise workouts are going well the past 2 weeks.  I still feel the PVC's only during exercise and only when the heart rate goes above the 95-100 range.  The past two weeks I do feel better & they seem to less frequent.

My plan is to continue for the next week on my new dosages & see what happens.  I am also researching other meds.

Article at the Mayo Clinic - Treatment and Drugs

Article mentions PVC triggers and the drug - amiodarone.

And this article -

Anti-arrhythmia medications

Anti-arrhythmia medications are used to control premature ventricular contractions with the goal of preventing ventricular tachycardias, ventricular fibrillations, and sudden death. Examples of anti-arrhythmia medications include beta-blockers, procainamide (Pronestyl, Procan-SR, Procanbid),amiodarone (Cordarone), and several others. Unfortunately, there is little scientific evidence that suppressing premature ventricular contractions with anti-arrhythmic medications prevent ventricular tachycardias, ventricular fibrillations, and sudden death.

The drugs procainamide and amiodarone are mentioned here in this article.  The state "there is little evidence" that these drugs help is interesting!

The other aspect that I have not researches is stress and anxiety.  Even though I think I handle stress well, I need to research this in the future!

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