Decongestants or stimulants
Certain over-the-counter cold medicines, especially stimulants or decongestants, can affect heart rate. Ingredients like pseudoephedrine may trigger Afib in some people. Symptoms may appear shortly after use. Recording timing and reactions may help you identify sensitivity.
Your data
This graph shows how your Quality of Life (QoL) has been affected by this trigger in the past 30 days.
Community insights
Average duration of this trigger
Minutes
Gender of members that
reported this trigger
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Age of members that
reported this trigger
Members' top five risk factors
Effect of this trigger
on quality of life
Number of members who reported this trigger
2
Type of Afib members who reported this trigger have
- Paroxysmal
- Persistent
- Long-standing persistent
- Permanent