3 Responses to “PAC treatment?”

1. admin says:

   October 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   To: MFR…@PLANET.EARTHCOM.NET

   m>From: Mark Frank <mfr…@planet.earthcom.net>
   m>
   m>For the past month or two, I’ve been getting PAC’s and occasional
   m>superventricular tachycardia.  Oddly enough, it happens only when I
   m>drink any liquid.  Following a 24 hour holter monitor, my doctor said
   m>that these symptoms are benign.  However, he offered to put me on a
   m>beta blocker.  I declined for the time being, as long as the symptoms
   m>are benign.  I’m not anxious to start medication unless absolutely
   m>necessary.  
   m>I’d be interested in feedback about the situation and other
   m>suggestions for treatment.
   m>
   m>-Mark-

   Mark,

   PAC’s are harmless by themselves though later on other arrythmias may
   crop up. SVT isn’t going to do you any harm if the rate isn’t
   unreasonable, isn’t sustained, and your head stays clear. Myself, if I
   wasn’t getting dizzy, my eyesight was staying clear, and I was having no
   breathing problems, I’d avoid the drugs. There’s no drug that will help
   the PAC’s and Beta Blockers sometimes have worse side effects than the
   rhythm you’re seeking to get rid of. -Rod-

   Rod & Susan Venger, Venger’s Orchids
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2. admin says:

   October 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   I was on a holter monitor late last fall.  Basically it showed I have an extra
   heartbeat and that my heart rate occasionally speeds up for no more than a
   minute.  The doctor told me that he would not recommend any meds for this
   since I was not passing out from it and that the meds could often cause more
   problems that the conditon.  I suffer from Cardiomyopathy.
   Karen K

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   >ON July 19, you wrote:
   >To: MFR…@PLANET.EARTHCOM.NET
   >m>From: Mark Frank <mfr…@planet.earthcom.net>
   >m>
   >m>For the past month or two, I’ve been getting PAC’s and occasional
   >m>superventricular tachycardia.  Oddly enough, it happens only when I
   >m>drink any liquid.  Following a 24 hour holter monitor, my doctor said
   >m>that these symptoms are benign.  However, he offered to put me on a
   >m>beta blocker.  I declined for the time being, as long as the symptoms
   >m>are benign.  I’m not anxious to start medication unless absolutely
   >m>necessary.  
   >m>I’d be interested in feedback about the situation and other
   >m>suggestions for treatment.
   >m>
   >m>-Mark-
   >Mark,
   >PAC’s are harmless by themselves though later on other arrythmias may
   >crop up. SVT isn’t going to do you any harm if the rate isn’t
   >unreasonable, isn’t sustained, and your head stays clear. Myself, if I
   >wasn’t getting dizzy, my eyesight was staying clear, and I was having no
   >breathing problems, I’d avoid the drugs. There’s no drug that will help
   >the PAC’s and Beta Blockers sometimes have worse side effects than the
   >rhythm you’re seeking to get rid of. -Rod-
   >Rod & Susan Venger, Venger’s Orchids
   >Homepage address http://www.usa.net/venger/
   >Listings Available – Email us for your copies
   >Order Line 1-800-483-6437
   

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3. admin says:

   October 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   Mark Frank wrote:
   > For the past month or two, I’ve been getting PAC’s and occasional
   > superventricular tachycardia.  Oddly enough, it happens only when I drink
   > any liquid.
   > I’d be interested in feedback about the situation and other suggestions
   > for treatment.
   > -Mark-Mark, I have the same condition as you, and I was very hesitant about

   the meds because of the side effects.  But, my cardiologist gave me a
   prescription for Sectral.  I have had absolutely no side effects from
   it. You should discuss it with your doctor to see if it is right for
   you.