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@dajasorenson

Thanks for the reply. Just wondering what you have done now for medication and is it working?

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amu45sin | @amu45sin | 5 days ago

Pradaxa (Dahbigatran) 110 mg twice a day,
Metropolol 12.5 mg once a day
Atorvastatin 20 mg per day.
Lisinoprol 5 mg perday.
Only had the ablation a week ago. Follow up appmt will tell if they are working.
Hope the ablation is working, thenmatbe I can get off some or all meds. Hugz and best go out.

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jc76 | @jc76 | 3 days ago

@dajasorenson
I had one ablation done on RV and it worked. When started getting tons of PVCs and episodes of tacyacardia I asked for ablation on LV where PVCs were coming.

EP wanted to try medication first. I was put on a drug called Mexiletine. It really helped. My PVCs cut 50% and no tachacardia. It is not very toxic and leaves body very quickly. So you have to take every 8 hours to keep the medicaion in your system.

Amiodorone is a great drug and works but is toxic. The lower doses I have read are not as toxic but taking it long term the toxicity builds up and that is the side affects to other organs it can affect.

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