I have Afib with RVR. What has been your experience been with increased heartrate from Reta?

[FlowerFairy]

I have afib w/rvr and my heart rate has not increased at all.

I should explain a bit. Got the first episode in July 2017. Had an ablation in October that year. Was already taking propranolol 160 for migraines and anxiety. Then in November of 2021, had a second attack. The cardiologist started me on flecainide and I’ve been good since. My Heart rate doesn’t seem to react much to drugs tho- I had to wait to take propranolol, was titrated up because my resting heart rate has always been in the 50’s. Well, aside from the episodes of afib before the ablation and in November ‘21. I just checked my heart rate and I lied. It’s now low 60’s apparently. 63. But yeah, my heart rate didn’t jump that much.

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

higher heart rates mean your heart is working harder.

do you want to do that with a bad heart?