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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 1 1:04pm | Replies (45)

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@713j

Interesting on the apple cider vinegar. I have pacs and pvcs. Horrible at night. 2% burden. Do you take heart meds? I take carvedilol at morning and night. Do not think I have an acid issue but will try the apple cider vinegar. Does GERD cause nausea?

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Replies to "Interesting on the apple cider vinegar. I have pacs and pvcs. Horrible at night. 2% burden...."

Thank you 🙏 for your reply..yes I take metropolis 25 mg twice a day, Ramapril 10 mg , chlorthaladone 25 plus Lipitor and GERD and GAD medication 💊..isn’t it terrible when they come on you later in the evening…at my worst, w had to get up and walk around and cough to straighten the rhythm out…tri Gemini really gets me…but echo and holter monitors have shown < 3 % PVC burden…ejection fraction 55-58 %….so I share this here perhaps where others may feel the same
Support and empathy that I get…bless you and may your PVcs go away …😢

'...Do you take heart meds? ...'

Not any more, 713j. I developed AF in mid-2017, and was put on metoprolol, apixaban (anti-coagulant...NOT a blood 'thinner') and a statin. Over time, the metoprolol lost effectiveness and I was finally referred to an electrophysiologist to see if I was a candidate for a catheter ablation. The EP performed two ablations seven months apart, two because the first failed to stop my AF. In between ablations, because my heart was so erratic, I was kept on metoprolol, but also had an eight week regimen of amiodarone, a very powerful anti-arrhythmia drug, but also a toxic one. You don't want to be on it for more than a few months ideally.
Since my second ablation, I was able to go off metoprolol, but I still take the statin, and I'm told I have to take Eliquis, or apixaban, for life due to my age and heart health history.

If an ablation is in the cards, and if it is performed by a highly experience and successful EP, it can turn your life around. They need a touchup at times, about 30% of the time, but if done well they can last for several years, even a decade. That's a loooonnnngg time to be free of the thumping and bumping....and the anxiety.