Posted by fh on September 19, 2002 at 13:39:23:
In Reply to: Steroids- Levaquin posted by TC on May 10, 2002 at 16:47:50:
TC this is my first time here on the message board Having been referred by a caring regular. Your situation is somewhat familiar to mine in that I experienced my 1st afib episode on 9/14/02 after using 60 mg of prednisone daily for 4 days. After about 10 hours in the hospital on cardizem drip, I converted on my own to nsr. I was terrified, this being my first episode etc... I made 200 bpm at one point& irregular etc.. In any event, the cardiologist felt very confident that my use of caffeine and recent prednisone had irritated my atria in some way thus triggering the afib. I must admit I was feeling quite energetic on the prednisone! Certainly, I hope he was correct. In closing, could it be the steroid? Who really knows for sure. I certainly hope so! Good health to everyone. THX F.H.