Experiences with

Digitoxin

My EP wants me to try digoxin for AF. I have read that digoxin may be best avoided when either hypo or hyperthyroid. Does anyone with thyroid issues on this forum have experience of taking it?

My EP wants me to try digoxin for AF. I have read that digoxin may be best avoided when either hypo or hyperthyroid. Does anyone on this forum have experience of taking it?

Last April, after a few days of what I thought was a stomach bug, I started feeling some chest tightness whenever my heart rate went up. Being a typical stubborn guy, I figured it was just a chest infection coming on. After a couple of days, I decided to see the doctor because even a short walk at work

I visited A&E yesterday with fast-AF. I've had two previous fast-AF events during the past 10-years and, like the latest, they have coincided with viral infections. This time the doctor initiated intravenous magnesium. The treatment was scheduled to last 30-minutes, but after 5-minutes my blood pressure

My EP wants me to try digoxin for AF. I have read that digoxin may be best avoided when either hypo or hyperthyroid. Does anyone on this forum have experience of taking it?

hi there, just received a letter re my meds. A spider flash that I had fitted in September shows that my heart rate was between 90 and 149. Since this I have been taken off Flecanide. As mentioned in earlier messages they wanted me to go on Bisoprolol. I decided to stay on the verapamil. They are saying

just had ecg for 3 days and came back in perminant af. Totally exhausted and breathless on 15 mg of Bisoprolol and 2.5 digoxin. Now waiting for the cardio shock treatment. Hopefully it is soon as I don’t think my body can take any more of this.

Hello everyone posted recently about going to see cardiologist which I paid for and and had allergic reaction to bisoprolol so was taken off cold turkey and the digoxin and put on dilitazem had to be slowly increased to 360 mg per day hr still around 100 my gp said I would be out on amiderone, cardiologist

Hello everyone I am reaching out again for your help. I have been prescribed and have been taking .125 mg digoxin one time daily. The pharmacist at the drugstore told me that I was overprescribed, because this medicine is taken according to weight. It is a standard dose but there is a lower amount

I have atrial fibrillation with a fast heartbeat and have been asked to consider taking Digoxin. I would like to know if anybody is taking this and if it makes them feel better. Thank you.

Has anyone here been prescribed nefopam for pain. My gastroenterologist has suggested it. I am in persistent AF taking digoxin, apixaban and bisoprolol. There are no drug contraindications. Just wondered if anyone has taken it and if they have had any problems with it.

Hello I suffered Arterial Fibrillation as a result of gastroenteritis. spent 3 days in hospital and put on meds to bring down rate and to keep taking them as a precaution. Apixaban digoxin and Bisoprolol, I am feeling utterly dreadful , chest tightness , feeling can't get a breath no strength etc. I

Feeling sad. woke up 23:00 felt fast irregular pulse, tried cube breathing but did not help much, so checked Kardia 137HR and poss AFib. As been reduced from 10 to 2.5mg Bisoprolol took another 2.5mg. Will see how it goes tomorrow. But a bit at a loss, when I was diagnosed end nov last year I quickly

Hello everyone been the last 8 months with gp trying to control afib till last week was on 10mg bisoprolol and digoxin not a low heart rate but ok, then developed huge asthma attacks on the bisoprolol but was ignored for 2 months until I kept charts myself, so taken off digoxin that day and 2 days later

A few of you were interested , so here goes. No breakfast after 7.30 am. Checked in to non invasive cardiology unit at 11.30 for the pacemaker insertion, it seemed really quiet but they stagger admissions throughout the day. Usual round of questions, doctor appears with consent form but goes away again

I have AF & high blood pressure and take atenolol, losartan and digoxin. I find that when out walking I get back ache across the middle of my back. It doesn’t occur when pottering about at home. I have to stop and rest for a few minutes. My legs are Ok and I am not too out of breath. I was wondering

Hello all having a really bad time, was put on bisoprolol last June after developing afib, starting dose 5mg didn't bring down heart rate so increased to 6.25 no good then 7.5 then 10mg last October, developed severe breathing problems, asked for dose to be split to 5mg twice a day then found about an

Hi dont know where to start really im in permanant AF I take Bisoporal 3 ties a day Apaxiban Digoxin Lipitor and Dapgliflozen I have had a cardia version done that didnt work I have been admitted to hospital 3 times in the last 8 months and each time they up my Bisoporal. If I try and do the slightest

Hello all, I've been persistent since October and on the waiting list for an Ablation. Medication tweaked and now on Atenolol and Digoxin since mid December which is controlling HR, resting normally around 80 bpm. For the past couple of months I've been suffering regular bouts of pins and needles along

I have been referred to the Bristol Heart Institute as I have had 3 short stays in hospital with very fast AF in the past 12 months. I am now on Digoxin 185mg daily which seems to be holding my heart in NSR also on Warfarin daily.Could you suggest a travel ins company that would cover me as my current