Tachy - Brady syndrome and heat flushes

[Crazygrandad]

Hi I have recently left hospital after being diagnosed with Tachy-Brady syndrome. I had a pacemaker fitted and a chemical cardioversion performed whilst in there the first time. I was discharged on Amioderone, Bisoprolol, Edoxoban, Omeprazole and Buscopan. After a few days of being home I was experiencing palpitations, hot flushes and lightheadedness again, so was readmitted. It was discovered that one of the wires in the pacemaker was displaced, so I had to be opened up to have it reattached. Since being discharged this time on the same medication, I have continued to experience heat flushes through my body, and wonder if this is normal. Am I going to have to live with this horrible flushing feeling for the rest of my life now, or could this be related to the medication I'm taking. The feeling I get is like a wave of heat that starts in my stomach and spreads to my chest arms and neck, and down my body through my legs and back up again. I also get an itching/tinging feeling in my forearms (like I have put my arms in fibreglass).I have a pacemaker follow up in a couple of weeks, but no contact with the cardiology team for another 3 months. I'm really hoping someone may have experienced something similiar so I can understand if this is normal, or to be expected, or whether there is potentially as issue with my meds, the pacemaker or something else.

[Geoff51 Heart Star]

My wife has the same condition and had a pacemaker fitted in last October, she is on a slightly different drug regime to you but probably roughly the same with different named makes. She has felt so much better since the pacemaker was fitted and has had no side effects at all. I suggest your GP may be the best next move as some heart drugs can have side effects totally unconnected with your heart and may be needed to be changed to a different make that has the same outcome.

[Crazygrandad in reply to Geoff51]

Thanks for your reply Geoff51. It's good to know this isn't something I'll just have to live with. I saw the GP yesterday who called a cardiologist whilst I was there. The advice was to call the pacing clinic to get an urgent check on the device before they'd consider changing any meds. Did that when I got home and just got an answer machine saying the device clinic phone isn't manned all the time and to leave a message! As expected no-one rang back yesterday, so it's just a waiting game now I guess, hopefully it'll get sorted soon.

Glad to hear your wife's doing well.