Posted by sukarno on September 16, 2005, at 4:59:16
In reply to Developing side effects to tianeptine (Stablon), posted by sukarno on March 25, 2005, at 5:30:58
I have been having increasingly frequent heart palpitations and some episodes of irregular beats.
Servier claimed initially that tianeptine is not cardiotoxic and is devoid of cardiac effects.
However, I have learned it does cause dry mouth which is an anticholinergic effect if I'm not mistaken.
The medications I am on currently besides tianeptine are:
famotidine (Pepcid) 40-60mg with every meal and at bedtime
diazepam (Valium) 10mg twice a day
I recently increased famotidine so maybe that is the culprit?
I have had heart palpitations prior to taking tianeptine, but now they are increasing in frequency and severity. I'm going to a cardiologist this evening at a clinic to have an ECG and possibly a blood count to find out what is responsible for it.
It really scares me because today I got up to get some water and I felt dizzy and faint along with shortness of breath until I sat down. I'm only 33 and had a full cardiac workup in 1993 which only turned up "premature beats" which were not serious. I hope this isn't serious this time.
I am under quite a bit of stress though. I hope it is only stress so I can try to relax. Everytime my heart pounds in my chest it makes me more worried.
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