I am about 3 1/2 weeks into my 6 week ceftriaxone treatment for endocarditis. For the last week I have been having problems with A-fib intermittently. I did not have these issues before the infection and as far as I know were not there at the beginning of my treatment. My questions are for those out there who have had endocarditis. Do you know if there is a link between the antibiotic treatment and the A-fib. If so, does it go away at the end of treatment. My cardiologist at this point has put me on a Holter heart monitor and now I am on Metoprolol Tartate 50mg a day. She seems to think that it will be best to continue the treatment and see if it is still there at the end and if so then looking at what needs to be done with drugs and possibly surgery.
Hello and welcome,
I had endocarditis in 2006 after treatment of vancomycin and gentimycin
antibiotic i.v. for month and i have been told then 2006 and recent mvr
jan 22 that due to endocarditis is how i developed my a-fib and my surgeon
confirmed this before and after my surgery ,it was due to endocarditis.
my surgeon did a maze proceedure and after surgery in icu they had to
shock my heart x 3 different occassions to see if it helped as maze didnot.
the third time something worked for abit but i too like Adriene ended up on
Amiodarone 200mg daily,today was put down to 100mg.
I will be seeing my surgeon in near future for follow up to see if i need to
maintain on this drug or not and get all the answers to the maze proceedure
and using (paddles) on my heart etc. to get full details.But i know the maze
etc didnot rid my a-fib,but with drug it is under control.
i didnot end up with a pacemaker.
For tw0 years prior i was put on metropolol 25mg twice daily since surgery
i am still on metropolol but lower dose now half of 25mg x2 daily since surgery
Hope this has helped you somewhat.
zipper2 (DEB)