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Pacemaker recipients: Looking for support from others
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 27 11:17pm | Replies (414)Comment receiving replies
I know if it goes below 40 it is bad. I so far never fainted.but got light headed and dizzy ..felt faubt after the moderna vaccine. .3 hours later. I had a pause incident of about 6 seconds three months later but ddin't feel or know it. Showed up on implanted ekg link. I know a pacemaker does not affect afib. How much metoprolol do you take? Do you have any side effects from the meds. .either..I never took flecainide. Are you tolerating it? Have you ever had an ablation? What were you taking before the incident for afib?
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In response to your questions, I take 50 mg of Metoprolol daily and 100 mg of Flecainide twice a day. I seem to tolerate both without problems, though I have read in this forum about bad reactions from others. Never had an ablation. I was taking no heart rhythm meds before afib was detected, but was then placed on Eliquis 5 mg twice a day for about 1 year until Last December, when I had a Watchman device implanted. After the implant, I was switched from Eliquis to Plavix (75 mg/day) plus 325 mg aspirin daily for the next 6 Mos. I hope that this info is helpful to you in your journey.