Posted by Ame Sans Vie on April 22, 2003, at 13:42:41
In reply to TCAs and tachycardia/sedation - please help!, posted by automatedlady on April 22, 2003, at 10:33:10
It's funny that you would bring this up, as I spent a lengthy phone conversation with my grandmother on Easter Sunday, and this topic came up. She has been taking doxepin for years, and just recently has begun taking medication for tachycardia. She first tried beta-blockers (propranolol and atenolol, I believe) but both made her extremely depressed, though she's never had a problem with depression--the doxepin was for panic disorder. So she says she has used two non-beta-blockers, digoxin and nifedipine, at different times and they both relieved her symptoms with few or no side effects. Maybe you should bring this up with your doctor? There are plenty of other options as well... other calcium-channel blockers besides nifedipine, adenosine...
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