Hi,

I am 67 yrs old and am from India and have been diagnosed for paroxysm of atrial fibrillation.I had my 1st episode in august 2008 and in 2 hrs i reverted back to sinus w/out any intervention.I was prescribed met xl 12.5;after one month i got another episode and again it reverted back to sinus in about 2-3 hrs; after this I was put on Cordorone 200( later reduced to 100),met xl 12.5 and deplat A 75(blood thinner) all one a day- I had no episode for nearly 2 and a half years but had one 15 days ago and rushed to a hospital- iwas given a digoxin but it seem it reverted again but this time after 4 hrs.Deplat A has been replaced by Acitrom 1 mg targeting an inr of 2 to 2.5.My questions are:

1)Should I rush to a hospital or wait for a couple of hrs after taking another metxl 12.5 or even another Cordoron 100 to reduce the heart rate.When ,if at all should I rush to the hospital.The emergency people really do not seem to know much except monitoring.

2) I drink 2 small whiskies every day 30 ml each or less.Is it ok to continue; Any problem with acitrom and alcohol

3) How about an exercise regimen; any chance of bleeding as a reult of this because of the acitrom

Thank you Kishan Jagwani