The doctor warned about the dangers of taking medications for arrhythmia

Taking any antiarrhythmic drugs can have a negative effect on the heart and even cause a heart attack. This was announced on April 17 by Oleg Sukhorukov, an arrhythmologist and head of the Department of X-ray Endovascular Diagnostics and treatment at the European Medical Center (EMC), in an interview with Gazeta.Ru».

"The most dangerous side effects of taking antiarrhythmics may be the occurrence of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to prolongation of the QT interval, the development of atrioventricular blockages with the development of a rare heart rhythm (bradycardia) up to its arrest (asystole), some drugs for the treatment of arrhythmias, affecting one type of arrhythmia, can themselves provoke the development of another type. arrhythmias," he warned.

Also, some groups of such drugs can provoke acute coronary circulatory disorders. And patients with coronary heart disease are at risk of experiencing acute myocardial infarction.

"It is strictly forbidden for the patient to self-medicate (to take medications on the advice of neighbors or the Internet), to arbitrarily change the dosage and frequency of taking medications, and in no case to take medications with expired expiration dates or packaging violations. Remember that any remedy for the treatment of arrhythmia can be potentially dangerous," Sukhorukov said.

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