Anyone here ever receive a drug called Adenosine (adenocard). How did you feel?!
Question: Anyone here ever receive a drug called Adenosine (adenocard). How did you feel.?
In 2005 I decided to take matters into my own hands and see a cardiac electrophysioligist. I had what is called AV node re entry and the episodes were becoming more frequent and lasting longer. The drug of choice for supraventricular tach is Adenocard.
Of course the ER physician and the cardiologist thinks its no big deal, but they are not on the recieving end of this heart stopping drug. I knew they were about to whoop it on me because they always started an IV with a big fat IV catheter and pulled out this red box which contained the drug. Its not a normal drug. It stops your heart and literally makes you pass out. I would go into the ER with a heart rate of 230 and, when they pushed this drug in, could feel my head go light and a feeling of deep loss and despair, and literally pass out.
Have you ever given Adenocard or been on the recieving end.? How did it make you feel.?
I have been ablated and now stopped doing the AV node re entry because I was so afraid of the drug. I didnt want anymore of it.Health Question & Answer
Of course the ER physician and the cardiologist thinks its no big deal, but they are not on the recieving end of this heart stopping drug. I knew they were about to whoop it on me because they always started an IV with a big fat IV catheter and pulled out this red box which contained the drug. Its not a normal drug. It stops your heart and literally makes you pass out. I would go into the ER with a heart rate of 230 and, when they pushed this drug in, could feel my head go light and a feeling of deep loss and despair, and literally pass out.
Have you ever given Adenocard or been on the recieving end.? How did it make you feel.?
I have been ablated and now stopped doing the AV node re entry because I was so afraid of the drug. I didnt want anymore of it.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
I've given Adenocard a couple times in the field and in the ER. My patients have told me it is an INCREDIBLY unpleasant experience, they've told me its like dying. They get short of breath, go pale and sometimes pass out. The drug itself knocks out the cardiac conduction system in the heart, causing asystole for a couple of seconds, the sense of despair you feel is your body reacting to your heart stopping, not a pleasant experience.
Several patients in the field have refused adenocard treatment and would rather receive synchronized cardioversion to treat their SVT. I suppose that speaks measures about how unpleasant the drugs is if people are willing to get shocked with up to 200-360J(depending on monitor) of electricity to avoid it.
If you found the drug therapy to be incredibly unpleasant, I would say that your results were pretty much inline with everything I've been told either by my own patients, co-workers or other medical workers.Health Question & Answer
Several patients in the field have refused adenocard treatment and would rather receive synchronized cardioversion to treat their SVT. I suppose that speaks measures about how unpleasant the drugs is if people are willing to get shocked with up to 200-360J(depending on monitor) of electricity to avoid it.
If you found the drug therapy to be incredibly unpleasant, I would say that your results were pretty much inline with everything I've been told either by my own patients, co-workers or other medical workers.Health Question & Answer
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We discussed using this drug earlier in the semester. It's exactly as you and the previous post describe. We were told that the physician should warn the patient before administering the drug that it's not fun. It makes you feel awful, and you feel like you really have to pee, but you won't actually pee.
It sounds awful and I'm sorry you have to go through that. Try discussing your concerns with your cardiologist to find out if there are other options that might work for you.Health Question & Answer
It sounds awful and I'm sorry you have to go through that. Try discussing your concerns with your cardiologist to find out if there are other options that might work for you.Health Question & Answer