What is hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia, also called low blood glucose or low blood sugar, occurs when the level of glucose in your blood drops below normal. For many people with diabetes, that means a level of 70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or less. Your numbers might be different, so check with your health care provider to find out what level is too low for you.
These medicines often are used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). Some of the medicines used to restore a normal heart rhythm are amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, propafenone, dofetilide, ibutilide, quinidine, procainamide, and disopyramide. These medicines often have side effects.
Some patients have success with electrical cardioversion, which shocks the heart into a normal sinus rhythm, followed by rhythm control drugs to maintain that normal sinus rhythm. There are three types of medications used in treating and managing atrial fibrillation:1  Rate control medication to control the heart rate.o find out about these various medications, see rate control medication, rhythm control medication, and anticoagulant medication. 1 Wyse, D. George, M.D., Rate Versus Rhythm Control in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation, American Heart Association, Copyright, 2006.