Meds and exercise: A list of drugs that increase heart rate

They can reduce symptoms and help avoid life-threatening complications. Some of these drugs stop irregular, extra electrical impulses. Others block abnormally fast impulses from traveling along heart tissues. Vagal maneuvers can slow down a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) (fast heart rate) 20% to 40% of the time. Given the side effects and other concerns of the […]