Get Informed: Atrial Fibrillation
1 in 77 Americans have Atrial Fibrillation
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 23,002 patients with Atrial Fibrillation from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 3.92 million Americans have Atrial Fibrillation with men and women both being affected in similar numbers.
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
Medications used for Atrial Fibrillation
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard.org users for Atrial Fibrillation are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.
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Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class) |
% of Patients | Average Risk Rating | Has Generic Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin | 31% |
|
Yes |
| Toprol | 16% |
|
Yes |
| Tenormin | 13% |
|
Yes |
| Diovan | 8% |
|
No |
| Coreg | 7% |
|
Yes |
| Lasix | 6% |
|
Yes |
| Coumadin | 5% |
|
Yes |
Less than 5%: Cardizem, Catapres, Inderal, Lanoxin, Verelan
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
Global Patient Feedback for Atrial Fibrillation ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
I've been on Toprol and Atelonol for over 10 years but was never diagnosed with AF. My heart fluttered or skipped beats. But I was under extreme job related stress and had very high blood pressure problems. I retired 5 years ago and my stress level went down but I was still taking 150m Metopolol up to 2 weeks ago. I had changed doctors and my current doctor wants me off that level of med. I went down to 50m (from 150m to 100m to 50m because you must be weaned off it), and I have had no fluttering or skipping and my BP seems to be controlled. I hope it is permanent because I am so tired taking medications that I can no longer afford.
59 year old Female
Posted: 2009-11-19 08:57:55
Question/Comment:
I have been diagnosed with tachycardia and have gone to the ER twice with a heart rate of over 220 beats per minute. These episodes were not pleasant. I have since been given a prescription for Atenolol. I take half a pill 2 times a day. I feel tired to the point of exhaustion and have gained a lot of weight...but my heart is beating fine and I have not been to the ER for over 2 years now. I can handle that.
42 year old Female
Posted: 2009-09-09 16:44:34
Answer/Reply:
Yes , like you I feel so tired all the time. I am unable to do my housework or anything else anymore. It is an effort just to walk from the car to my house! And when I sit down to rest, I fall asleep. I can't begin to go thru the mail because I'm asleep before I'm thru it. And since I can't walk far, I can't exercise or go for walks anymore and I've gained weight. HOW do you loose weight when you can't do any exercises? My cardiologist knows this and when he has me do a stress test, he orders the chemical test. To me it is just a vicious
circle and I'll never really feel any better.
68 year old Female
Posted: 2009-09-11 16:01:02
Question/Comment:
I have had AFib since 1984. The cardiologist who saw me then said it was nothing to be alarmed about and my heart was just fine, yea sure! First I got a pacemaker as when I have the AFib episodes, when they quit, my heart quits and I was passing out!
Later I under went ablation treatment and later while having open heart surgery for a valve repair, my surgical team preformed what is called the Maze Procedure. A week after that, I had congestive heart failure...they had to drain my lungs 3 times ! I am on BetaPace, Toprol XL, Lasix, Clonidine, Benazepril, and Norvasc.
Altho I was told I wouldn't have episodes after the Maze, I still do.
They aren't as bad or they don't last for hours on end like they used to, they are enough that I notice them. I am unable to do much of anything anymore. It takes me 3 tries just to sweep my kitchen floor.
I can't even walk a block without being out of breath. And lately,
I'm falling asleep all the time.
68 year old Female
Posted: 2009-09-08 18:21:25
Question/Comment:
I am new to atrial fib. The doc put me on amiodarone & warfin.
53 year old Female
Posted: 2009-07-27 22:07:17
Answer/Reply:
I am 78 year, was put on the same medication for about a year, was taken off because of the side effects, which I never had. Now it's become a crap shoot, trying different meds. I am now on metoprolol and having problems with interactions from other med.
I am sick of doctors not knowing how sick mixing meds can be to there paitients.
Why doesn't someone clue them in or are they too dam busy
79 year old Female
Posted: 2009-10-23 13:46:24
Question/Comment:
I have had atrial fib since 2001 and was taking atenolol, .125 digoxin and 325 aspirin. I have a very healthy heart but an electrical problem. About 2 yrs ago my AFIB started to get worse and my Cardioligist tried different meds but I always had a sensitivity to them. When I first had AFib I felt like my throat was closing on coumadin. In Oct/08 I had a mild stroke so they insisted I had to take coumadin and started at low dose and monitored me. I'm now up to 5mg and I sometimes feel a choking sensation. I also have panic attacks, weird dreams, diarrhea, get cold easy and have developed high blood pressure. My blood pressure was excellent before the coumadin. Can coumadin cause these symptoms?
63 year old female
64 year old Female
Posted: 2009-04-20 12:07:51
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