RYTHMOL Reviews (PROPAFENONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.4 (141 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare RYTHMOL with similar:
Type: Brand name discontinued; available as generic
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR RYTHMOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | lone atrial fibrillation | Crazy dreams when I first started. Not nightmares, just abstract dreams. Been on it for 6 years. I just stopped taking it last week 3 months after my cryoablation. It seems I'm anxious lately. Almost panicky but there is no way to link the 2, it's just odd. Can't sleep, feel badly, diarrhea, just not feeling good. | 57 | 6 years 150 x3 | 7/11/2015 | 2 | Post-ablations for afib/flutter/svt | At 125 tid, was tired, metallic taste, short of breath w exercise. Dr switched to 325SR...terrible headache, nausea, sweats. Slept 18/24 hrs. Will go back to 125 tid. | I took 600mg once and was rushed to ER with pulse = 41 and code blue. terrible abdominal pains. Lower dose is tough but tolerable. Hope to get off it soon. | 75 | 3 weeks 125 3X day | 8/8/2012 | 5 | brief episodes of a-fib, psvt, pvcs | some fatigue, but I am also taking Toprol and Altace | This drug has been very beneficial for me. I have been on Rythmol SR 325mg BID for 4 years and am in sinus rhythm all the time, except for an occasional pvc. I definitely have found that Rythmol SR is more reliable than the generic propafenone. My cardiologist tells me that Rythmol is the safest of the anti-arrhythmics. | F | 67 | 4 years | 3/11/2006 | 5 | V-Fib and atrial Flutter | None | This Drug has literally changed my life!! I have had heart arrhythmias of numerous kinds my whole life. I was always tired and never had any energy. After taking this drug for over a year, I have more energy then I ever have had before. (Guess that's what happens when your heart is actually pumping blood through your system properly!) Before taking this drug, I nearly passed out everday after walking up 2 flights of stairs, now I can RUN up them. I just can't say enough good things about this drug. I truly hope that it is able to improve other people's lives as it has improved mine. | F | 32 | 1.5 years | 8/7/2006 | 5 | Atrian Fibrillation Tachychardia | F | 39 | 1 months 225 XR 1X day | 5/17/2011 Patient History | 5 | irregular heart beat | none | works wonderful | F | 37 | 4 years 325mg 2X day | 1/24/2012 | 5 | Arrhythmias - PAT & atrial flutter | Dry mouth and metal taste occasional, tiredness but mostly constipation. | I was experiencing having a hard time to breath, dizzy, low pulse and until my medication was adjusted. I was told to take 150mg 3x a day and though this was ( am, afternoon and pm) and this was not working. However after consultation with both the Doctor and Pharmacist, I was told to take the medication 3x (24 hour day)because I was being overmedicated. I now take it every 8 hours (6am 2pm & 10am suits my time frame) and with this change I am having no problems. It says the best results is having a constant source in the blood stream. I also take Verapamil as well. | F | 65 | 4 years 150mg 3X O | 9/22/2010 | 5 | Atrial Fibrillation | Vivid dreams, fatigue (but that could be due to lopressor). | This drug has really helped me. About every two months I cut my afternoon dose in half to try to reduce the dosage, but after three to four weeks of doing that, I get afib (short episodes) and return to the full dosage. | F | 53 | 1.5 years 225 3X day | 11/1/2010 | 5 | Ventricular tachycardia | None. | I have had two heart ablations to correct an arrythmia but both times within 18 months, the arrythmia returned. I have been on a long list of drugs in the past 16 years and this is the first one that has worked perfectly. I have a normal active life because of Rythmol SR. I now have a personal trainer and work out 4 to 5 days per week, I no longer experience arrythmias and I finally feel like a normal, healthy person. I no longer have periods of no energy or difficulty doing simple things like walking. | F | 39 | 6 months | 11/20/2006 | 5 | Iregular Heart Beats | Initially bad taste , but as soon I continue taking this medication my PCV stops, and I fell great. I feel more stonger and I can do more exercise. I am in Control with my diet and exercise. As A Register Nurse a truly belive it works . I already went into 2 caqrdiac avlation without no positive results. So I am back on the medication. | I am taking 325 q, 12 hrs If any one have problem with the time taking, I sugest put your cellular phone in alarm to ring every 12 hrs and you will not forget your time dose | F | 51 | 8 months | 10/6/2007 | 5 | AF and atrial flutter | At times a mild rash,which goes away with cortisone cream. Otherwise a great drug....has worked the best for me. I take Rythmol SR 325 twice a day. I feel normal now. | F | 66 | 8 months | 11/8/2007 | 5 | PVCs | Metallic taste when drinking water comes and goes. Weird dreams nothing i can't deal with. The most bothersome is the bloating and constipation. | Im taking the generic which is propafenone and am very pleased with how it has completely eliminated my PVCs (palpitations) from 10,000 a day (and i felt everyone of them) to not feeling any. | F | 69 | 18 months 325 2x | 3/31/2019 | 5 | Atrial fibrillation/flutter | Bad taste, fatigue, intermittent slight dizziness | I had undiagnosed a-fib for the past few years, which was sort of being treated as a thyroid disorder. Recently it was getting so bad, I'd black out (despite killing off thyroid with radiation)- not good when driving on the Interstate! I couldn't even climb a flight of stairs or vacuum the floors without fainting. Moved to a new town, got a new primary MD. He referred me right away to a cardiologist, who hooked me up to a King of Hearts (1 month event monitor) and started me on Rythmol after one week of sending in strips. It didn't seem to be working, but he kept upping the dosage until the runs of a-fib finally stopped at 900mg/day. I hope it continues to work, because next stop is hospitalization and a new med. I am happy I do not have any more fainting episodes. I still do get extra heartbeats now and then. The bad taste is annoying, but I can live with it. I don't like feeling tired most of the time. All in all, I'd say this med has helped me a lot. | F | 56 | 70 days | 9/18/2007 | 5 | WPW/SVT | nausea,fatigue,sometimes dizzy | i was diagnosed with SVT a few months ago, had an ablation and they realized i had WPW. took toprol and went back to school away from home. everything was fine for a few weeks and then my SVT returned which is when they put me on the Rythmol. i have not had an episodes since taking this medication. there are some annoying side effects but ultimately it works very well. | F | 19 | 2 months | 10/28/2008 | 5 | AF and atrial flutter | Rash from time to time..goes away..but always comes back in the same areas. Weight gain. | I have now been on Rythmol SR 325 mg(also Toprol XL 25mg) twice a day for the last 2 yrs. now. I feel great as long as I also stay away from alcohol, and caffine. I had an ablation 2 years ago. Prior to that I was on many meds for AF with no relief. After ablation the Af/flutter is controlled with Rythmol & Toprol XL. In my book this is the best medicine available today! Too bad it is so expensive. I feel totally normal now. I am now excercing 3 times a week. My Af/Flutter started 9 years ago. | F | 67 | 2 years | 10/31/2008 | 5 | afib | none | this drug made me feel young again!! I feel 15 years younger. no more naps in the middle of the day or scary palpatations that can ruin a day. this is a miracle drug. I used to be on flecainide and my afib kept on returning | F | 67 | 11 months | 9/9/2007 | 5 | A-Fib | I was having irregular heartbeats quite often. I experienced one episode of heart racing and had to be hospitalized with a couple of injections to bring heart rate down. | After doctor recommending ablation I chose to get another opinion. The second opinion put me on Rythmol 325 x 2. Has been 14 months symptom free. I have just now started to have irregular heartbeats again. Freeked me out. I had one episode that lasted about 2 1/2 hrs. Now I just have quite a few quirky flutters. Am going to check with cardiologist about symtpoms returning. | F | 61 | 14 months | 2/25/2009 | 5 | F | 82 | 2 days | 3/20/2009 | 5 | F | 82 | 2 days | 3/20/2009 | 5 | SVT | I had initally started with the 225 mg dose, but still had the increased heart rate (200 bpm). I then started last Dec. 08 with the 325 mg dose twice a day, and wow! the difference is incredible. I am taking a Zumba class now at a gym, and lost 20 lbs. | F | 47 | 3 years | 5/10/2009 |