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Side Effects of Heart Medications

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I am male, 83 years old and was recently treated for Atrial Fibrillation. After having Atrial Flutter and ablation. I had already been taking Amlodipine for blood pressure (around 160/80). I was given Cardioversion which worked fine (so far) and also given Rivaroxaban and Bisoprolol. Since then I have been experiencing severe constipation and wonder if this is due to any or all these medications. Are there any alternatives that might help?

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Might be worth speaking to your pharmacist about this. They will spend more time with you than most doctors!

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There are alternatives for both. On the biso the other thing to look at is the level of dose, can you have less but still control your heart rate? There's a really strong AF community on here which might be of use to you. They're all very friendly too (just like us here of course).

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