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DiscussionFemale 31, constant PVCs. What can I personally do to help myself?
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I am always skeptical of mentioning a specific medicine as may not be appropriate for you. But I am glad to pass the name along
The medication I was put on is called, Mexiletine. I take 150 mg every 8 hours. I was told the every 8 hours was due to the medication does not stay in body and must be taken every 8 hours. Thus low toxicity (per my EP) unlike Amiodarone which can be very toxic.
Now for me it really helped. I could tell my PVCs went down dramatically. My Pacemaker history (done every 3 months) showed a drastic improvement with PVCs.
Now from time to time my stress level can go way up because of other medical conditions.
Also, my wife is an uncontrolled diabetic and it affected her eyes and had to have surgery and she had just recovered from back surgery. Her misery affects me dramatically.
When my stress level goes up my PVCs follow with same increase. I have learned the close association with stress causing increase in PVCs. I try to do what I know reduces my stress and that is exercise. I love doing water aerobics 5 days a week, bike ride, and swim.
But that stress release sometimes has road blocks. I just had MOHS surgery on my hand for squamous skin cancer and could not go into water for 2 weeks or use my left hand which required closing it.