Medication Treatments
When myocarditis causes arrhythmias or heart failure, hospitalization is needed. Your doctor will then prescribe some suitable medications to treat the symptoms. For those with serious heart failure or unusual heart rates, they would be provided with drugs to reduce the risk of forming blood clots in the heart.
If your heart becomes too weak, some prescribed medications can help get rid of excess fluids and reduce the workload for the organ. These include:
– Diuretics: to reduce fluid and sodium retention
– Beta blockers: to control arrhythmias and treat heart failure
– ACE inhibitors and ARBs: to relax blood vessels in the heart and facilitate blood flow [6]
