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Can Occasional Marijuana Cause Fib In Heart Patients?

I have 3 stents in my heart, I m an otherwise healthy 54 year old male . Workout 3 times a week,eat healthy, have hx of a fib. recently smoked some marijuana at a party, had a episode of a fib. Went to ER, pulse was 170 at one point. Fib was broken with medicine. I have occasionally, in the past, taken 2 maybe 3 hits on a joint with no adverse reactions. I have neuropathy in my feet and found that an occasional hit or two seems to calm my feet down and take away the pain. I have not smoked any marij. since last episode of a fib. I believe that that episode was brought on by the large amount i smoked that night . Question is , would an occasional hit or two be ill advised due to the a fib ?
Fri, 11 Nov 2016
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My advice to you to keep away from marij. And alcohol as you can,alittle of this or that is enough to cause severs arrythmia that your heart will not stand for it
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Can Occasional Marijuana Cause Fib In Heart Patients?

My advice to you to keep away from marij. And alcohol as you can,alittle of this or that is enough to cause severs arrythmia that your heart will not stand for it