Saw Dr Kirubakaran today at QA hospital. Eat your heart out George Clooney, am off with another. What a lovely man. He has agreed I can come off Nebivolol and have Flecanide to use as and when but only after having waited two hours.
I also take Felodipine and Pradaxa to control my Afib.
Is anybody else on this combination?
Di
Your just fickle Di!!
Let's hope the new regime works for you, certainly did for me, and it's so much better than a daily dose of betablocker. Did he suggest that you weaned yourself off the Nebivolol or just stop. Hope it works for you, please keep us posted.......
Only on 2.5 of Nebivolol so can stop once I have the Flecanide
Di
The Pradaxa is an anticoagulant which reduces your risk of a stroke. It doesnt actually affect the AF. Felodipine is for high blood pressure. Flecainide is very frequently used as a "pill in the pocket". Make sure that when you take it you only take 100mg, and no more.
Thank you, I’ll keep that it mind
I'm not sure we should be dishing out medication advice on this site? Unless of course you are qualified to do so, in which case I apologise.
I take more than 100mg of Flecainide as PiP, if necessary.
I am a medical statistician who has worked extensively in the AF field with cardiologists - don't know if that qualifies me or not.
I was passing on the advice from my cardiologist who provided me with a cautionary tale of a patient of his who was thought to have taken 2 x 100mg tablets of Flecainide rather than the one taket prescribed, and died shortly afterwards.
Oh that's interesting. Not heard that one before. I was advised to take 100mg, then another in a couple of hours if the AF hadn't gone.
Will wait and see whatI am told. But thank you so much for your interest
Di
Flecainide finally arrived, 100 mg if still having episode after two hours, stopped Nebivolol yesterday and still here to tell tale.
Di
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