ICD going off?
I've had my icd for almost 4 years and thank God, it has never gone off. But me and my doc disagree about me being on a beta blocker. I don't want to be on it, but he says it prevents the icd from going off. Anyways, my only concern is driving. Has anyone ever had their icd go off while they were driving?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!!
5 Comments
beta blocker
by mikej - 2010-03-25 05:03:55
your doctors right,i was put on a beta blocker after having my icd implant,for that as well had the same conversation with my doctor and they took a bit to get used to,so far so good,as far as driving goes that someone else will have to answer for you i havent had that happen,were i live if it does you lose your driving privlages after that.
thank you!
by Sgood - 2010-03-25 12:03:11
Thanks! I've decided that I'm not really scared of it going off because by the time you figure out what even happened, it's over...but just concerned about driving.
Thanks!
beta blockers.
by roy haycock - 2010-04-05 09:04:37
I have had ICD's ( three in total) for 11 years and have been on beta blockere all that time and I have not had any shocks. Whether they stooped the shocks I don't know, for certain, but it probaly is not just a coincidence..The beta blockers have certainly reduced my blood pressure, which was not high in the first place, so I continue to take them in case they do stop the shocks.
Roy H
Beta Blockers are all good for me
by hook - 2010-09-05 12:09:08
I was part of the clinical trial for coreg when it came out many years ago. I was ramped up on the medication slowly, and I never knew it was there. Beta bloockers do a lot of good things for the heart, and in my book a great drug with little or no side effect.
Both my brother and sister had a heart transplant at the age of 31, I am 45 and still milking the life out of my heart. I had coreg and they did not.
When I recently had my mitral valve replaced, they took me off coreg, and I developed afib. Rahter than starting back up the coreg the put me on amioderone; now talk about a toxic drug you don't want to be on. I have insisted to my cardio that once I get this ICD, I want to loose the amioderone, and bring back up my coreg.
There is a reason why heart failure specialist love using coreg and other beta blockers rather than toxic drugs like amioderone. They do help with afib, but mostly they will help your heart function in the long run, and may help you live longer. That's my take it.
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by thomast - 2010-03-24 11:03:00
I don't believe it would bother me that much. When I got mine 5 years it did go off soon after I got it, before they got the settings right.When it happened I was triming a hedge and I thought the trimmers had shocked me, so I put them down and set down on the step and got shocked again, so then I knew what had happened. I did not think it was that big of a shock. Just my own experience.
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