Drugs called beta-blockers. They control your heart rate. Your doctor will get them to you in your vein (they’ll call this intravenously) if you have AFib with RVR. The most commonly used drugs are: Esmolol (Brevibloc) Metoprolol(Lopressor, Toprol) Propranolol(Inderal,Innopran) Or they ...
If patients experience serious clinical symptoms, such as chest pain or shortness of breath related to the ventricular rate, the health care professional in the emergency department will try to decrease the heart rate rapidly with intravenous (IV) medications. If patients have no serious symptoms, ...