Albuterol or Xopenex

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Athena

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Jenn,

Hmm that is a good question and to be honest I don't know what triggers it. I know when I'm upset or of out of breath but I never thought about magnesium before I'll have to ask about that, I do know that potassium is a big trigger for me too. My Dr wanted to do a surgery that i guess fixes it but I said no and agreed to take the med for it. Has your Dr. talked to you about surgery? thanks for sharing

Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Hmm that is a good question and to be honest I don't know what triggers it. I know when I'm upset or of out of breath but I never thought about magnesium before I'll have to ask about that, I do know that potassium is a big trigger for me too. My Dr wanted to do a surgery that i guess fixes it but I said no and agreed to take the med for it. Has your Dr. talked to you about surgery? thanks for sharing

Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Hmm that is a good question and to be honest I don't know what triggers it. I know when I'm upset or of out of breath but I never thought about magnesium before I'll have to ask about that, I do know that potassium is a big trigger for me too. My Dr wanted to do a surgery that i guess fixes it but I said no and agreed to take the med for it. Has your Dr. talked to you about surgery? thanks for sharing

Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Hmm that is a good question and to be honest I don't know what triggers it. I know when I'm upset or of out of breath but I never thought about magnesium before I'll have to ask about that, I do know that potassium is a big trigger for me too. My Dr wanted to do a surgery that i guess fixes it but I said no and agreed to take the med for it. Has your Dr. talked to you about surgery? thanks for sharing

Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Hmm that is a good question and to be honest I don't know what triggers it. I know when I'm upset or of out of breath but I never thought about magnesium before I'll have to ask about that, I do know that potassium is a big trigger for me too. My Dr wanted to do a surgery that i guess fixes it but I said no and agreed to take the med for it. Has your Dr. talked to you about surgery? thanks for sharing

Athena
 
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JustDucky

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Athena, I think he is talking about EPS studies, it's when they catheterize your heart and try to stimulate the area (focus) that is causing the arrhythmia, once they do so, they "ablate" it using radio frequency. It sounds scarey, but it is much like a routine heart cath, I have had them done to see if I have pulmonary hypertension, also had one done because my vessels were spasming up and the cardiologist wanted to rule out any blockages. They access your femoral artery after they numb you in that area, then they introduce a catheter into the artery and snake it up to your heart. It doesn't hurt, you don't feel the catheter. In EPS studies they stay in there and like I said try to stimulate the area that is responsible for causing your SVT. When they do, you will know but then the doc will ablate the area. Many times, this is successful, I opted not to do it because my meds were working, if they weren't I would have done it because the symptoms were horrible for awhile. If it ever acts up again routinely, I will most definitely do it. The only thing that would be uncomfortable about this test probably would be putting pressure on the artery after they are done. I had to lie flat for 6 hours with lots of pressure on my groin after my heart caths. I hope that this has helped...hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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JustDucky

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Athena, I think he is talking about EPS studies, it's when they catheterize your heart and try to stimulate the area (focus) that is causing the arrhythmia, once they do so, they "ablate" it using radio frequency. It sounds scarey, but it is much like a routine heart cath, I have had them done to see if I have pulmonary hypertension, also had one done because my vessels were spasming up and the cardiologist wanted to rule out any blockages. They access your femoral artery after they numb you in that area, then they introduce a catheter into the artery and snake it up to your heart. It doesn't hurt, you don't feel the catheter. In EPS studies they stay in there and like I said try to stimulate the area that is responsible for causing your SVT. When they do, you will know but then the doc will ablate the area. Many times, this is successful, I opted not to do it because my meds were working, if they weren't I would have done it because the symptoms were horrible for awhile. If it ever acts up again routinely, I will most definitely do it. The only thing that would be uncomfortable about this test probably would be putting pressure on the artery after they are done. I had to lie flat for 6 hours with lots of pressure on my groin after my heart caths. I hope that this has helped...hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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JustDucky

New member
Athena, I think he is talking about EPS studies, it's when they catheterize your heart and try to stimulate the area (focus) that is causing the arrhythmia, once they do so, they "ablate" it using radio frequency. It sounds scarey, but it is much like a routine heart cath, I have had them done to see if I have pulmonary hypertension, also had one done because my vessels were spasming up and the cardiologist wanted to rule out any blockages. They access your femoral artery after they numb you in that area, then they introduce a catheter into the artery and snake it up to your heart. It doesn't hurt, you don't feel the catheter. In EPS studies they stay in there and like I said try to stimulate the area that is responsible for causing your SVT. When they do, you will know but then the doc will ablate the area. Many times, this is successful, I opted not to do it because my meds were working, if they weren't I would have done it because the symptoms were horrible for awhile. If it ever acts up again routinely, I will most definitely do it. The only thing that would be uncomfortable about this test probably would be putting pressure on the artery after they are done. I had to lie flat for 6 hours with lots of pressure on my groin after my heart caths. I hope that this has helped...hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
J

JustDucky

New member
Athena, I think he is talking about EPS studies, it's when they catheterize your heart and try to stimulate the area (focus) that is causing the arrhythmia, once they do so, they "ablate" it using radio frequency. It sounds scarey, but it is much like a routine heart cath, I have had them done to see if I have pulmonary hypertension, also had one done because my vessels were spasming up and the cardiologist wanted to rule out any blockages. They access your femoral artery after they numb you in that area, then they introduce a catheter into the artery and snake it up to your heart. It doesn't hurt, you don't feel the catheter. In EPS studies they stay in there and like I said try to stimulate the area that is responsible for causing your SVT. When they do, you will know but then the doc will ablate the area. Many times, this is successful, I opted not to do it because my meds were working, if they weren't I would have done it because the symptoms were horrible for awhile. If it ever acts up again routinely, I will most definitely do it. The only thing that would be uncomfortable about this test probably would be putting pressure on the artery after they are done. I had to lie flat for 6 hours with lots of pressure on my groin after my heart caths. I hope that this has helped...hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
J

JustDucky

New member
Athena, I think he is talking about EPS studies, it's when they catheterize your heart and try to stimulate the area (focus) that is causing the arrhythmia, once they do so, they "ablate" it using radio frequency. It sounds scarey, but it is much like a routine heart cath, I have had them done to see if I have pulmonary hypertension, also had one done because my vessels were spasming up and the cardiologist wanted to rule out any blockages. They access your femoral artery after they numb you in that area, then they introduce a catheter into the artery and snake it up to your heart. It doesn't hurt, you don't feel the catheter. In EPS studies they stay in there and like I said try to stimulate the area that is responsible for causing your SVT. When they do, you will know but then the doc will ablate the area. Many times, this is successful, I opted not to do it because my meds were working, if they weren't I would have done it because the symptoms were horrible for awhile. If it ever acts up again routinely, I will most definitely do it. The only thing that would be uncomfortable about this test probably would be putting pressure on the artery after they are done. I had to lie flat for 6 hours with lots of pressure on my groin after my heart caths. I hope that this has helped...hugs, Jenn <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Yes that sounds familiar but this info was great and knowlegable sense it was in terms I could understand LOL. The Dr had told me about it when I was prenant I was like no thank you. So I think I might have had my blinders up at the time and kept taking the meds so I never bothered talking about the surgery again I just said no.

Thanks for the info
Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Yes that sounds familiar but this info was great and knowlegable sense it was in terms I could understand LOL. The Dr had told me about it when I was prenant I was like no thank you. So I think I might have had my blinders up at the time and kept taking the meds so I never bothered talking about the surgery again I just said no.

Thanks for the info
Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Yes that sounds familiar but this info was great and knowlegable sense it was in terms I could understand LOL. The Dr had told me about it when I was prenant I was like no thank you. So I think I might have had my blinders up at the time and kept taking the meds so I never bothered talking about the surgery again I just said no.

Thanks for the info
Athena
 
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Athena

New member
Jenn,

Yes that sounds familiar but this info was great and knowlegable sense it was in terms I could understand LOL. The Dr had told me about it when I was prenant I was like no thank you. So I think I might have had my blinders up at the time and kept taking the meds so I never bothered talking about the surgery again I just said no.

Thanks for the info
Athena
 
A

Athena

New member
Jenn,

Yes that sounds familiar but this info was great and knowlegable sense it was in terms I could understand LOL. The Dr had told me about it when I was prenant I was like no thank you. So I think I might have had my blinders up at the time and kept taking the meds so I never bothered talking about the surgery again I just said no.

Thanks for the info
Athena
 
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