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Different foods, beverages, medications, and recreational drugs are stimulants and can trigger atrial fibrillation. The most common offenders include:
- Over-the-counter cold, cough, and sinusitis medications that contain pseudoephedrine. This ingredient is known to cause the development of arrhythmias.
- Caffeine can cause your heartbeat to speed up your nervous system. Caffeine is a known trigger of atrial fibrillation. If you mix caffeine with a cold medicine, you have an increased risk of problems.
- Nicotine is another stimulant that can make your heart speed up. Over time, it may cause arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.
- Recreational drugs and diet pills can also speed up your heart and increase the chance of atrial fibrillation.
- Over-the-counter cold, cough, and sinusitis medications that contain pseudoephedrine. This ingredient is known to cause the development of arrhythmias.
- Caffeine can cause your heartbeat to speed up your nervous system. Caffeine is a known trigger of atrial fibrillation. If you mix caffeine with a cold medicine, you have an increased risk of problems.
- Nicotine is another stimulant that can make your heart speed up. Over time, it may cause arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.
- Recreational drugs and diet pills can also speed up your heart and increase the chance of atrial fibrillation.
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