Flomax causing AFib?
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Has anyone had an AFib attack after starting Flomax to treat their BPH? If you check the post marketing data from Bohreinger Englheim, the manufacturer, over 700 cases have been reported since 2004.
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Anonymous111 greg1206
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Is Flomax working for you?
greg1206 Anonymous111
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derek76 greg1206
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About ten years later when I was having my aortic valve replaced they could not get a catheter in due to my BPH and a prostate infection/prostatitis and had to use a suprapubic catheter.
The operation caused me to go into AF and I was prescribed amiodarone and two beta blockers as well as Finasteride and Tamsulosin. I protested at Tamsulosin due to the Flomax effect that they said that was not a side effect of it! Three days after surgery a cardioversion failed to put me back into NSR.
This time due to the drugs I was taking for AF stopped my heart rate from getting out of control. I stopped the Tamsulosin after a couple of months and the following month the next cardioversion worked.
greg1206 derek76
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derek76 greg1206
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The other AF factor is the vagus nerve. After the successful cardioversion I was back in NSR for 15 months until I had a colonoscopy that stimulated my vagus nerve. Another cardioversion and back into NSR for about 10 months until I had a DRE again stimulated my vagus nerve and I'm now in permanent AF.
I'm told that due to the size/shape of my right atrium that a cardioversion will not work. Though if I have an ablation it might change the shape of the atrium and allow me to have another cardioversion.
Mostly I'm not aware of the AF and at the next appointment with my EP I'll probably need a lot of convincing that I want a cryoablation
derek76 greg1206
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The other AF factor is the vagus nerve. After the successful cardioversion I was back in NSR for 15 months until I had a colonoscopy that stimulated my vagus nerve. Another cardioversion and back into NSR for about 10 months until I had a DRE again stimulated my vagus nerve and I'm now in permanent AF.
I'm told that due to the size/shape of my right atrium that a cardioversion will not work. Though if I have an ablation it might change the shape of the atrium and allow me to have another cardioversion.
Mostly I'm not aware of the AF and at the next appointment with my EP at the end of the month I'll probably need a lot of convincing that I want a cryoablation
Greebo64 greg1206
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patrick45945 greg1206
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Two days after starting the Flomax, my arrhythmia returned. My EP recommended a 30 day heart monitor which I recently completed and had a followup with my EP and he recommended that I start taking the antiarrhythmic drug Tikosyn which requires a 3 day hospital stay to start, not to mention the negative side effects of this potent drug.
Although I had resigned myself to go ahead with the Tikosyn therapy, I am now considering delaying that option and stopping Flomax to see what effect that will have.
So happy I saw this post and made the connection with my own experience! I am hopeful that eliminating Flomax will also eliminate my recent episodes of arrhythmia.
Any further commemts in this regard are much appreciated.
Regards,
Patrick
derek76 patrick45945
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patrick45945 derek76
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My primary care doctor prescribed FLOMAX to replace the saw palmetto, obviously unaware that it could cause aFib and arrhythmia. (I will be sure to update her!) Another good example of being an educated patient in a world where doctors can make mistakes!
I will probably return to saw palmetto as I have found FLOMAX to be a no-go for me! How silly would it be to start Tikosyn, an antiarrhythmic, while taking FLOMAX which causes arrhythmia?
Regards,
Patrick
derek76 patrick45945
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patrick45945 derek76
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derek76 patrick45945
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He was not actually my urologist as it was at a different hospital. The cardiac team had contacted him and he prescribed it sight unseen. I did not continue with it for long as one caused me to grow breasts and the other affected my eyes causing deposits to form on them and floppy eyeball syndrome. When I later had cataract surgery the surgeon said 'Why do I get all the difficult cases'
patrick45945 derek76
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derek76 patrick45945
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After having had tendonitis in the past I should not have been prescribed Cipro or Fluoroquinolones for prostatitis or UTI’s and now have a form of neuropathy in my lower left leg that has changed my gait and given me a back problem leaving difficulty in walking unaided outside.