Verapamil

[Japaholic]

I've been recommended to take this as bisoprolol isn't brining my rate down when in AF, anyone any experience with this drug! I value any input.

[Kaiser78]

Never heard of it but bisoprolol is horrible, even more when in sinus, it's a stinking drug mate!

[Independ]

Its a matter of experiment. I am probably not the best person to advise as I have had problems with most drugs. I was told (rightly or wrongly) that this drug would not give me side affects like the others I tried. In fact this was one of the worst, in terms of my condition. Having said that its not to say you will not get on with it. Everyone is different and maybe this might suit you - you cannot tell until you have tried it.

[CarlW76]

I was on Verapamil from March up until my ablation in September. I never had any problems or side effects while I was on them.

[Japaholic]

Thank you people, im back in NSR now after 40 hours of fast AF, my cardio (whom I saw during the epsiode) simply increased my bisoprolol intake and gave me an extra 50mg of disopyramide (Rythmodan) to take.

The rythmodan works at keeping my AF at bay most of the time, but when I do have an episodemy HRis around 130-140.

Obviously I am concerned by this and varapamil was the recommended solution.

[Hidden]

I have had verapamil.... did not work for me.What dosage of disopyramide are you currently on? I seem to remember that it wasn't very high. Sandra

[Japaholic]

It was at 100mg at night, then increased to 100 in the morning and 100 at night. This plus the bisoprolol cause me ED difficulties so reduced the disopyramide to 50mg in the morning, 50mg at lunch and 50mg at night. I have tried telling the doctor that the minimum dose recommended by the drug company is 300mg per day but he wont listen. In Japan the maximum dose is 300mg per day and he doesnt seem to want to give that to me. I am now on (as of yesterday ) 50mg in the morning, 100mg at lunch and 50mg at night along with 3.75mg of Bisoprolol.

What worries me is that when I go into AF my heart rate stays high, around 140bpm and the bisoprolol doesn't touch it at all.

[soupersue]

Hi, I was on Bisoprolol until July this year when I saw an EP who prescribed Verapamil instead as I hated Bisoprolol even though I was on the lowest dose. I take the Verapamil (Half Securon is the brand name which seems to confuse both surgeries and pharmacies) each morning and have had no side effects apart from constipation, which I have now beaten but probably look like a fruit bowl.

Go for the Verapamil is my advice (not medical) and eat plenty of fibre and drink loads, of water.