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<blockquote data-quote="Hobs" data-source="post: 155379" data-attributes="member: 24693"><p>I am very lucky in that most of my cardiac problems lessened when I started injecting Victoza.</p><p>I'd usually get a hint that I would experience the AF during the night by a rise in heart rate form my usual very slow 50 to 55 bpm and it could go as high as 85 to 90 by the time I hit bed. I would then struggle to fall asleep and would wake up between 02:30 and 3 with a sort of tingle going across my chest from shoulder to shoulder just under my neck. By the time I was fully awake and sitting up my heart rate would go above 100 bpm and the beats would become irregular with skips as much as 3 beats long and frequent rapid doubles. Body strength became barely enough for me to rise and make it into the sitting room and my comfortable chair. A finger test would usually show a 9.5 or higher despite a 6 or 6.5 when going to bed. The feeling across my chest would usually worsen and in a short time would also affect my breathing. Sometimes this would get worse and affect the ventricles giving me cold extremities at which stage my wife would summon help and a short sharp shock would be needed to put me back into sinus rhythm and eventually back home I would come. If the AF kept going for a prolonged period I would resort to a large neat scotch and that would block the erroneous signals and all would be well.</p><p>The Victoza, as well as giving me far better BG control, also increased my abnormal low heart rate and lowered a persistent systolic hypertension (diastolic normal) to the point that I can now safely take the beta blocker Sotalol and to some extent control the AF. My BP before Victoza used to struggle (even with drugs) around 145-155 over 75 and now its usually about 120/65 with a resting heart rate of 70.</p><p></p><p>AF runs in my family and the only real cure is Atrial Ablation, but occasionally that can cause more problems than it cures. Also my cousin died during the procedure and my mother died shortly after (but she was 82), so I'm very reluctant to undergo it myself. If the Victoza had not given me such advantageous side effects, my cardiologist was considering implanting a small automatic defibrillator in my chest as an alternative to the ablation. Also since Victoza my appointments in cardiology have been decreased and after my next on Nov 3 I'm hoping I will just get an annual check over as mooted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hobs, post: 155379, member: 24693"] I am very lucky in that most of my cardiac problems lessened when I started injecting Victoza. I'd usually get a hint that I would experience the AF during the night by a rise in heart rate form my usual very slow 50 to 55 bpm and it could go as high as 85 to 90 by the time I hit bed. I would then struggle to fall asleep and would wake up between 02:30 and 3 with a sort of tingle going across my chest from shoulder to shoulder just under my neck. By the time I was fully awake and sitting up my heart rate would go above 100 bpm and the beats would become irregular with skips as much as 3 beats long and frequent rapid doubles. Body strength became barely enough for me to rise and make it into the sitting room and my comfortable chair. A finger test would usually show a 9.5 or higher despite a 6 or 6.5 when going to bed. The feeling across my chest would usually worsen and in a short time would also affect my breathing. Sometimes this would get worse and affect the ventricles giving me cold extremities at which stage my wife would summon help and a short sharp shock would be needed to put me back into sinus rhythm and eventually back home I would come. If the AF kept going for a prolonged period I would resort to a large neat scotch and that would block the erroneous signals and all would be well. The Victoza, as well as giving me far better BG control, also increased my abnormal low heart rate and lowered a persistent systolic hypertension (diastolic normal) to the point that I can now safely take the beta blocker Sotalol and to some extent control the AF. My BP before Victoza used to struggle (even with drugs) around 145-155 over 75 and now its usually about 120/65 with a resting heart rate of 70. AF runs in my family and the only real cure is Atrial Ablation, but occasionally that can cause more problems than it cures. Also my cousin died during the procedure and my mother died shortly after (but she was 82), so I'm very reluctant to undergo it myself. If the Victoza had not given me such advantageous side effects, my cardiologist was considering implanting a small automatic defibrillator in my chest as an alternative to the ablation. Also since Victoza my appointments in cardiology have been decreased and after my next on Nov 3 I'm hoping I will just get an annual check over as mooted. [/QUOTE]
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