rapid heartbeat

Good Day,

A Holter monitor finally caught the run of quick beats Saturday night.
They turned out to be SVT's, or as the nurse explained, a run of 6
PAC's.
I also had about 6 separate PAC's during a 24 hour period.

The nurse explained how the doctor would like to put me on a "low"
dose of Tenormin (Atenolol), to keep the arrythmia's at bay. I
explained to her that, as long as I know what the arrythmia now is, I
can handle the occasional PAC salvo. I'm not willing to put up with
the potential side effects unless absolutely necessary. She said to
think about it, and let her know.

Like I said, I run 2.5 miles 3 or 4 times a week, and do a moderate
weight workout 3 times a week. The last thing I need is a drug that
zaps strength and endurance. I'd basically like to try fish oil and
magnesium for awhile, and see what happens. I have been on magnesium
supplements for about a month, and the fish oil is yet to come.

Thanks,

Moo112

Quoted message said:

They turned out to be SVT's, or as the nurse explained, a run of 6
PAC's.

I have SVTs but never was told they were "a run of 6 PACs". This is
interesting since SVTs are supraventricular tachy and pacs are premature atrial
contractions. I have both and the svts are the rapid heartbeats. That is what
my physician said. Perhaps Dr. Chung could comment on this. Thank you.
Virginia

MOO112 <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Good Day,

: A Holter monitor finally caught the run of quick beats Saturday night.
: They turned out to be SVT's, or as the nurse explained, a run of 6
: PAC's.
: I also had about 6 separate PAC's during a 24 hour period.

If it happened at night, could you have sleep apnea?

That can cause tachycardia.

Just a thought.

Emma

It seems to me I heard somewhere that MOO112 wrote in article
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

A Holter monitor finally caught the run of quick beats Saturday night.
They turned out to be SVT's, or as the nurse explained, a run of 6
PAC's.
I also had about 6 separate PAC's during a 24 hour period.

Quoted message said:

The nurse explained how the doctor would like to put me on a "low"
dose of Tenormin (Atenolol), to keep the arrythmia's at bay. I
explained to her that, as long as I know what the arrythmia now is, I
can handle the occasional PAC salvo. I'm not willing to put up with
the potential side effects unless absolutely necessary. She said to
think about it, and let her know.

Quoted message said:

Like I said, I run 2.5 miles 3 or 4 times a week, and do a moderate
weight workout 3 times a week. The last thing I need is a drug that
zaps strength and endurance. I'd basically like to try fish oil and
magnesium for awhile, and see what happens. I have been on magnesium
supplements for about a month, and the fish oil is yet to come.

If in the end you do have to go on atenolol, I'll pass on a hint I got
from someone else, probably in a running newsgroup: taking the atenolol
after your run may let you run normally on a dose that would hamper you
if you took it before the run. I'm on a very minimal 12.5mg but even
that used to bother me sometimes if I took it first thing in the
morning, but delaying it till after my (morning) run doesn't.
--
Don
[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

If in the end you do have to go on atenolol, I'll pass on a hint I got
from someone else, probably in a running newsgroup: taking the atenolol
after your run may let you run normally on a dose that would hamper you
if you took it before the run. I'm on a very minimal 12.5mg but even
that used to bother me sometimes if I took it first thing in the
morning, but delaying it till after my (morning) run doesn't.

That's a good point. If I do choose to take this medication, I will
surely try to schedule it in that manner. I still haven't decided
whether or not to get the subsrciption. These arrythmias are too few
and far between to cause me distress. Thanks for the tip.

Moo