If the heart rate increases to 90 or more beats per minute, and this is not related to physical exertion, sudden emotional outbursts, stagnant indoors, etc., one speaks of a pathological form of tachycardia. This condition is quite dangerous, because with an accelerated rhythm, the heart is subject to rapid wear, even if the causes of tachycardia are not related to the pathology of this organ. Tachycardia can lead to the development of heart failure, arterial hypotension , coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, pulmonary artery thromboembolism or cerebral vessels, etc. From this it becomes clear that tachycardia is subject to mandatory treatment.
Treatment of tachycardia with tablets at home
In general, uncomplicated tachycardia is treated out-patient with the use of medications, which are prescribed by a cardiologist after a thorough examination. The action of tablets, appointed from tachycardia, is aimed at eliminating the causative factors (therapy of diseases that cause heart palpitations), preventing and arresting seizures. The choice of certain tablets for tachycardia is also determined by the type of pathology (sinus, atrial, ventricular, etc.), its severity, the patient's response to medications.
List of pills for tachycardia
The list of drugs often prescribed for the treatment of tachycardia includes the following medicines in tableted form:
- Valerian - this drug on a natural basis in the form of tablets helps from tachycardia, providing a sedative effect, stabilizing the emotional state and improving sleep.
- Diazepam is a synthetic remedy, also possessing a sedative effect, which is often prescribed for tachycardia associated with vegetovascular dystonia. The medicine helps to stop attacks of palpitation and prevent them.
- Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug prescribed for hemodynamically stable ventricular tachycardia to relieve seizures.
- Concor - a selective beta-blocker regulating the heart rate, as well as the level of arterial pressure with regular use, is prescribed more often with supraventricular paroxysmal tachycardia .
- Corvalol is a preparation with a sedative, spasmolytic and vasodilating effect that can be used to eliminate an attack of tachycardia.