Hello Kenny48, Maybe you could go the 'lifestyle route' to cure or control your Afib and avoid meds like I did. Years ago I suffered from the worst case of Afib the cardiologist had ever seen. I was put on beta blockers for almost 2 years and felt horrible on them. Unfortunately for me, it took such a high dose to keep the flips and thumps every few seconds, air hunger and faint feeling under control. But the doctor told me that such a high dose of sotalol could cause heart block and to try to lower it. Even lowering it a bit caused my heart to flip out...every few beats so I could not reduce the drug. I did some reading and discovered that cardio exercise where I pushed my heart, could help. I joined a gym and went every morning, 6 days a week. Within a month, I was able to get my meds down to ....zero! I kept up the exercise routine for several more months and felt fantastic to be off the beta blocker with no Afib. I went back to the cardiologist who said that the Afib would be back but to never ever again in my life take decongestant medication (ephedrine), coffee, tea, alcohol, chocolate, too much sugar, be near smokers or take any stimulant such as the freezing at the dentist's.
Here I am over 25 years later and still Afib free! I never ever drink caffeine coffee and never drink alcohol. To this day, if I have a chocolate dessert, for example, I may feel a blip or two. That's warning enough for me and I steer clear of any stimulants for a long while.
Btw, the cardiologist told me back then that he only medicates 1 in 10 patients. He only puts patients on beta blockers IF the condition interferes with their daily functioning; IF they have to take big breaths all the time to get enough oxygen...IF they feel dizzy or faint when the heart beat flips and IF they feel weak during episodes. Maybe you don't need beta blockers at all...
From what I have read...in litigation mad USA, doctors are afraid of being sued and will medicate more people than in Canada. That's apparently why Americans are the biggest Big Pharma clients in the world. If I were you, I would ask the doctor, "If you were me, what would you do?"
My 69 year old husband who has had very high cholesterol since his twenties, will not take statins because of the horrible side effects and few benefits and his doctor who was obliged to recommend them, quietly agreed. His triglyceride levels and C-reactive protein are excellent btw. But that's another whole topic. The point is that doctors are obliged to over medicate or if something were to happen to a patient, they could be blamed and lose their license...and Big Pharma would be right there in court wielding the axe. A doctor friend confirmed that they MUST toe the Big Pharma line or else...
I think you can with the doctor's guidance, take charge of your own condition. And like me, you may be able to get off beta blockers and even other meds if you go the lifestyle route.