Interesting. I have afib which is a more common dysrhythmia. It won’t kill you (although stroke risk increases) but it sure feels like it will when you’re in it
And for me, the drugs are as bad as the condition
I have afib (diagnosed 10 years ago), and I was prescribed atenolol. I took the med at bedtime at first.
For years I had no problem. Then, 3 years ago, I probably had Covid a few months before we knew what Covid was.
A few months after whatever, I started having chills or hot flashes when I went to bed. Sometimes both symptoms in a night.
The page and a half of drug warnings about from my PPO pharmacy didn’t list chills and sweats as a side effect of atenolol.
A friend sent me a computer link to atenolol side effects, and chills and hot flashes were at the top of that list for atenolol.
So, I started taking atenolol with my morning meds. 2 days later, I was not having chills or hot flashes at bedtime.
and they have not returned.
I had a cardiac stent installed about 2 months before my covid crud or whatever. I was put on Eliquis, baby aspirin and another blood thinner. That may have saved my “bacon” re preventing cardiac clotting side effects post Covid and post Covid vaccinations.