I take 20 mg a day of Frusemide for fluid retention to be increased to 40 mg for 4 days if I am suffering badly. However, I find this extra dose doesn’t help a lot and when I start to really fill up with fluid, I usually suffer an Afib episode.
Does anyone else suffer from this problem?
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I take 40 mg frusemide a day sometimes80 if really bad have done for 4years also take candesartan with 12 mg of a dietetic in it
They are all so different aren’t they. Was told I could only take 40 for 4 days at a time.
Yes different doctors have different opinions and we all react differently I also take 1200 mg of potassium
Does the potassium help do you think?
Yes it is essential for your heart I also have heart failure and was hypokaleamic(low on potassium) they put me on two drips one in each arm plus a potassium drink when I was in ccu
One should only take potassium under a doctor's supervision. Too much can be as bad as too little, and can prove fatal. Eating a banana or two seems to be a good way to increase one's intake safely.
76 years old with A F
apixaban and hematuria 
shortness of breath
3% Afib burden and proposed medication
